DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i03.090

Pages: 1264-1267

Rabies is invariably a fatal disease. Appropriate wound treatment and prompt rabies post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) are of great importance to rabies prevention. Time of reporting & hence starting the right treatment is a crucial factor in prevention of rabies. To study the time of reporting of animal bite case to the ARC Clinc, To find out the reason for late reporting of animal bite case to the ARC –OPD, To suggest the recommendation to address the issue. This study was conducted at Anti-Rabies Clinic of S. M. S. Hospital, Jaipur. During the period 1st January to 28th February 2017.Total 1731cases reporting in the time gap of more than 24 hour in the ARC OPD during this period were taken as study subjects. The data were entered and compiled in Microsoft excel which were further analyzed using SPSS version 24. Out of total 1731 cases, most common age group of animal bite was 40-49 years 30 percent followed by 10-19 years 18.1 percent. Category 3rd animal bite was 90 percent most of the cases 63.5 percent had reported to the ARC-OPD in the time gap of more than 72 hours.the most common cause of delay reporting was other engagement. Moreover, 18.6 percent of the cases were not aware that vaccine has to be taken as soon as possible. The most common cause of delay was their engagement in other work which was followed by their unawareness about importance of vaccination at time.