Mammal Bites: Questions

1. Which mammal bites get antibiotics?  Cat versus human versus dog? Location of the bite?

2. Which mammal bites do you close primarily and which do you leave open?  What’s your time window?  Does it vary by mammal or location?

3. How do you irrigate bite wounds?  Do you use betadine?

4. Which patients with bites do you admit?


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