The impact of a walk-in clinic referral protocol on rabies vaccination emergency department visits
Walk-in clinic referral protocol implementation in an adult ED reduced the number of ED visits per exposure and increased the incidence of vaccination regimen completion. Implementation of a referral protocol presents as a favorable strategy in offloading unnecessary ED census in overwhelmed healthcare systems.
Authors
- Ryan C. Dillon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6079-9537)
- Elly Glazier
- L. Montana Fleenor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1951-3095)
Institutions
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2025.05.001
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00