“As long as the patient tells you it was a dog that bit him, why do you need to know more?” A qualitative study of how healthcare workers apply clinical guidelines to treat dog bite injuries in selected hospitals in Uganda

Dog-mediated rabies is on the increase in Uganda despite the availability of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). PEP procedures are expounded in the Uganda Clinical Guidelines (UCG) of 2016. We assessed adherence by health workers to UCG while managing dog bites in two PEP centers and obtained insights...

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Autores principales: Kisaka, Stevens, Makumbi, Fredrick E., Majalija, Samuel, Kagaha, Alexander, Thumbi, S. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8279313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34260651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254650

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8279313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34260651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254650

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