Division of Disease Control and Health Protection

Rabies Information for Health Care Providers

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At the June 24, 2009 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting, the rabies working group presented evidence in support of a recommendation to reduce the number of vaccine doses in the human rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) series from 5 to 4 doses.  After much discussion, ACIP voted in favor of accepting the recommendation. 

Morbidity and Mortality Week Report: Use of a Reduced (4-Dose) Vaccine Schedule for Post-exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Human Rabies (PDF)

Content Source: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

• Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Post-exposure Prophylaxis Recommendation (PDF) Text version (PDF)

• Rabies PEP Flowchart for Emergency Department Physicians

• Rabies PEP summary for Health Care Providers

• Rabies Prevention and Control in Florida, 2012 Guidebook (3.31 MB PDF) NEW!

• Rabies Prevention and Control in Florida, 2008 Guidebook (2.16 MB PDF) (64D-3, F.A.C.)