{"id":10112,"date":"2025-03-01T14:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dhan155\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:47:50","slug":"dhan155","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan155\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alerts\/dhan155 ~  Division of Public Health &#8211; &#8211; Health Alert  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan155.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1>Delaware Health Alert Network #<!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Number\"]-->155 <!--[END]--> <\/h1>\n\n      <h2> <!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Date\"]-->August 25, 2008 2:08 pm <!--[END]--> <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Because of limited existing supplies, the CDC strongly recommends that health care providers,\n\n\n  state and local public health authorities, animal control officials, and the public take immediate steps to ensure appropriate use of\n\n\n  human rabies biologics.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) human rabies prevention recommendations outline animal exposures associated with\n\n\n  the risk of rabies (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/rr5703a1.htm\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/rr5703a1.htm<\/a>). Judicious and\n\n\n  appropriate use of rabies vaccines is crucial to avert a situation in which persons exposed to rabies are put at increased risk due to\n\n\n  depleted vaccine supplies.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  <strong>To ensure that thorough risk assessments are conducted, Novartis is now requiring that health care providers confer with public\n\n\n  health officials, and obtain a confirmation code from the state health department before ordering vaccine doses for post-exposure\n\n\n  prophylaxis. Confirmation codes will be updated at a frequent interval. These codes will only be released by the Division of Public\n\n\n  Health (DPH) Rabies Program after it has reviewed the known facts of a given exposure and determined they indicate a sufficient level of\n\n\n  exposure risk as outlined in the ACIP human rabies prevention recommendations<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/rr5703a1.htm\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/rr5703a1.htm<\/a>).\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The DPH Rabies Program expects to collaborate with health care providers and veterinarians to educate the public regarding precautions to\n\n\n  avoid rabies exposure and actions to take if an exposure occurs. These precautions include vaccinating pets and livestock that have close\n\n\n  human contact, avoiding stray and wild animals, and safely capturing or detaining biting animals (preferably using animal control\n\n\n  officials), or obtaining owner contact information for follow up.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  For specific guidance, please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/rabies\">www.cdc.gov\/rabies<\/a>. Persons with possible rabies exposure\n\n\n  should be evaluated as soon as possible by a health care provider. Since PEP is an urgent medical issue but not an emergency, it can be\n\n\n  delayed until animal rabies testing or clinical observation is completed. This approach not only limits administration of PEP to persons\n\n\n  with confirmed rabies exposure, but it is also cost-saving and conserves limited resources.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Until vaccine supply levels are restored, distribution of vaccine for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP) will continue to require approval\n\n\n  by state and federal public health authorities. Priority will be given to those individuals with occupational rabies exposure risk (e.g.,\n\n\n  rabies laboratory workers, animal control officers, veterinary staff, and wildlife workers).\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Discussions among federal, state, and local public health officials are ongoing to review additional strategies to manage this situation.\n\n\n  A national working group has been convened to monitor the ongoing supply situation and provide updated recommendations as the situation\n\n\n  evolves.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  For more information about rabies and its prevention, and updates regarding vaccine supply, contact you\u2019re the Rabies Program at\n\n\n  302-744-4545 or the CDC at 1-800-CDC-INFO or visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/rabies\">www.cdc.gov\/rabies<\/a>.\n\n\n<\/p><!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n        <div class=\"panel panel-danger\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel-heading\">    \n\n      <h2>Categories of Health Alert messages:<\/h2>\n\n       <\/div>\n\n       <div class=\"panel-body\">\n\n      <ul>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Alert:<\/strong> Conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Advisory:<\/strong> Provides important information for a specific incident or situation; may not require immediate action.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Update:<\/strong> Provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action.<\/li>\n\n            <\/ul>\n\n         <div><strong>NOTE: This page is for informational purposes only and dated material (e.g. temporary websites) may not be available.<\/strong><\/div>\n\n          <\/div> \n\n        <\/div><br>  \n\n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n  <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Delaware Health Alert Network #155 August 25, 2008 2:08 pm Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9294,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11288,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10112\/revisions\/11288"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}