The KEDRAB Formulary Monograph provides detailed information about the rabies virus (RABV) and how it damages the nervous system, vectors for infection, current PEP guidelines, a complete description of the efficacy and safety of KEDRAB® (Rabies Immune Globulin [Human]), and how KEDRAB should be used in PEP for rabies.
PEP can prevent death due to rabies infection. For every patient not previously vaccinated against rabies, PEP should include wound cleansing, passive immunization with human rabies immune globulin (HRIG), and administration of rabies vaccine.7 Every year, an estimated 55,000 people in the United States receive PEP after contact with a possibly rabid animal.8
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