Rabies Exposure Worries...

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So my girlfriend works for a veterinary office and a puppy came in that was eventually diagnosed as rabies, euthanized, and tested with positive results.

They found this out a week after it left her clinic so they have all been told to get the shots. Which she has. Nobody was bitten, but my girlfriend checked its gums so touched a very small amount of saliva.

Will she be ok with the shots? It worries me.

I also have a fear what if she brought the virus home on her hand and if we touched? Is that possible? She says she washes her hands TONS of times a day at work, does that kill the virus?

 

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I'm sure that you don't need to worry. If your girlfriend has had the shots, she is ok. the shots were a precautionary thing as she wasn't bitten by the puppy.

I am also sure that you needn't worry about it coming home. You need to be bitten by a rabid animal or have the saliva enter an open area of your skin, such as a cut. The saliva won't live from the time your girlfriend touched the saliva until she got home. Also I am sure that the sanitation at the clinic involves washing her hands after each contact with pets.