Variable | Frequency (%) |
---|---|
Years of practice | |
> 1 | 94 (40.5) |
2–5 | 94 (40.5) |
6–9 | 19 (8.2) |
≥ 10 | 25 (10.8) |
Availability of rabies vaccines at facility based on providers’ responses | |
Available | 54 (23.3) |
Not available | 178 (76.7) |
Knowledge of where to get vaccine | |
Yes | 129 (55.8) |
No | 102 (44.2) |
Incubation period of rabies | |
One day | 4 (1.7) |
6 days | 23 (9.9) |
One week | 39 (16.8) |
3–8 weeks | 103 (44.4) |
Don’t know | 63 (27.2) |
Rabies prevention | |
Vaccination | 229 (98.7) |
Prayers | 0 (0.0) |
Kill all animals | 0 (0.0) |
Other | 0 (0.0) |
Don’t know | 3 (1.3) |
Dose of RIG determined by… | |
BMI | 1 (0.8) |
Weight | 29 (21.6) |
Body surface area | 69 (51.5) |
Don’t know | 35 (26.1) |
Site for RIG administration | |
Infiltrated around the wound | 48 (20.7) |
Intravenous | 7 (3.0) |
All dosed into deltoid muscle | 108 (46.6) |
Don’t know | 69 (29.7) |
Site for rabies vaccine | |
Deltoid | 134 (57.8) |
Abdomen | 25 (10.8) |
Buttocks | 22 (9.5) |
Don’t know | 51 (21.9) |
Route of rabies vaccination | |
Intramuscular | 115 (49.6) |
Intradermal | 43 (18.5) |
Intramuscular/intradermal | 32 (13.8) |
Intravenous | 1 (0.4) |
Don’t know | 41 (17.7) |