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- Arrange for proper physician follow-up of bite wounds.
- Recognize the importance of social and legal issues in certain human bite cases.
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Arrange for proper physician follow-up of bite wounds.  |
- Ensure that individuals managed as outpatients have clinical follow-up within 24 hours.
- Arrange for early follow-up of bite wounds closed primarily.
- Ensure that a hand surgeon evaluates hand wounds within 24 hours of discharge.
- Arrange for physical therapy of hand bite infections within 3 to 5 days.
- In patients with high-risk exposures to HIV and HBV-infected individuals, obtain appropriate follow-up serologic tests.
- Assess for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in childhood victims of dog bites.
- See table Elements of Follow-up for Mammalian Bites.
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Recognize the importance of social and legal issues in certain human bite cases.  |
- Ensure social services and law enforcement evaluation of all suspected child abuse cases.
- Arrange for appropriate counseling in suspected spousal abuse cases.
- See table Elements of Follow-up for Mammalian Bites.
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