Warning

Rabies

  • Please contact infectious diseases on-call if risk assessment recommends post- exposure rabies vaccination or HRIG.

 

Herpes B

  • Emailed referral form should be forwarded by secretaries to infectious diseases registrar on-call on next working day.
  • Registrar to review the documented risk assessment and verify that they agree with the global risk assessment.
  • If deemed to be at moderate or high risk of herpes B virus infection then ID registrar to arrange review of wound at weeks 1, 2 and 4 post-exposure.
  • Results of serology +/- PCR testing of source macaque will be returned to Charles River laboratories.
  • The health safety officer will contact the ID registrar on-call between 0900 and 1900 if any of these results suggest herpes B infection in the source macaque.

 

Editorial Information

Last reviewed: 26/06/2024

Next review date: 26/06/2025

Author(s): Dr Katherine Hill, Dr Oliver Koch, Dr Jenny Poller.

Reviewer name(s): Dr Oliver Koch.