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“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...
Autores principales: | Kisaka, Stevens, Makumbi, Fredrick E., Majalija, Samuel, Kagaha, Alexander, Thumbi, S. M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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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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