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Animal and Human Health Issues1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 210 Updated information regarding rabies vaccine supply situation The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that Novartis has additional supplies of rabies vaccine for distribution. The company has announced that effective October 7, 2008, they are able to deliver RabAvert vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis, without supply restrictions. The Novartis product identification number has changed from 53905-501-01 to 63851-501-01. Questions can be directed to Novartis customer service at 1-800-244-7668. At this time, vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis may be ordered directly from Novartis without a passcode from Kansas Department of Health and Environment. There is no change in the protocol for ordering IMOVAX from Sanofi Pasteur. Sanofi Pasteur continues to have IMOVAX vaccine available for post-exposure prophylaxis. However, to obtain IMOVAX rabies vaccine you must first contact KDHE Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology (OSE) so that a risk-assessment can be conducted for the suspected exposure. To facilitate this process, KDHE-OSE has developed a request form that can be downloaded from the KDHE OSE rabies information page. If it is determined that rabies post-exposure prophylaxis is indicated you will be provided a passcode to place on the Sanofi Pasteur Rabies Post-Exposure Form. The form must be filled out in its entirety, including the required physician's signature and passcode provided by KDHE-OSE. Please contact Sanofi Pasteur at 1-800-VACCINE to obtain the required form. For additional information, the KDHE Epidemiologist on-call may be reached at (877) 427-7317. Guides & Resources
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