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If you are bitten by a bat or awaken to find a bat in your room, try to capture the bat so it can be tested for rabies. This approach is also recommended if you notice a bat in the room of an unattended child or someone else who is unable to report whether a bat had contact with them. Contact your local health department or an animal-control agency for advice.
lb find out more about the benefits of bats and safe coexistence with bats, log onto http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvr d/rabies/bats_&_rabies/bats&. htm.
Instructions for
capturing a bat
• Carefully avoid direct contact with the bat and avoid damaging its head.
• Close the windows, and the room and closet doors; turn on the lights if the room is dark wait for the bat to land.
• Wearing gloves (heavy, preferably thick leather), cover the bat with a coffee can or similar container with a lid, slide a piece of cardboard uilder the can, trapping the bat with one hand firmly holding the cardboard in place against the top of the can, turn the can right side up. Replace the cardboard with the lid (if there is no lid, tape the cardboard tightly to the can)
• Contact your local health department to arrange for rabies examination of the bat.
• If you find a dead bat, it should be double-bagged in plastic and placed in a cooler or refrigerated area. Under no circumstances should a bat be stored in the same cooler or refrigerator as food or pharmaceuticals. The specimen should be kept away from potential contact with people or other animals.
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