I had a dog bite
case last week. There was this auntie who was bitten by a house breed dog
nearby her house. Although, house breed, the dog was not tie up and allow to
wander around the area. The treatment was uneventful but I think it is unsafe
to let the lady go without the vaccination. I filled up the form and I had put down
a special note in the form regarding the dog condition.
According to the
guideline, one bitten by house breed dog without symptom, does not require any
vaccination. As for roving animal, injection is needed. The CDC later returned
our call and told me that the lady does not required any injection. I told the
lady officer that dog should be considered as roving animal as it is not tie up
nor kept in door and it would be difficult to be sure it would be fine for the
next 10 days as such animal might go AWOL from time to time. But lady officer
told me that if I ticked house breed on the form, they would not give a green
light for the request. I sighed and asked her if she could tear the form and I
email her a new one and stating the dog as roving animal ,and she said yes..…
Darn… office bureaucrat
that drawn up unreasonable guideline causing me to lie for the sake of my
patient…..
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