Every 9 minutes, a person dies of rabies,1 one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, for which there still is no cure.2 Because of this lethality, prevention is critical. This article aims to highlight concerns related to the potential for HRIG administration errors and to prevent them; it is not intended to endorse any particular HRIG product.
Humankind has feared death from rabies for more than 5,000 years.3 When the rabies virus is contracted from