Slept with a window open. Woke up with a bat in my kitchen

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19. Yes - You would start empirical treatment immediately but if the bat test comes back negative

you could stop. There is a similar protocol for ticks here. Eg. They can test the tick to see what you have been exposed to and then treat accordingly.

If you’re able to do so safely, you should also catch or trap the bat, or contact your local health department or animal control to catch it. Testing it could spare you from rabies treatment if the bat doesn’t have it. If testing the bat isn’t possible, the safest thing to do is give you rabies-preventing treatments as a precaution.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/bat-bite

Testing the bat includes killing it so if you are in the state of Vermont you have to fill out paperwork (a permit) to avoid a fine because small brown bats are endangered (due to White nose syndrome) and protected.

https://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/Learn%20More/Living%20with%20Wildlife/Bats/2011_General_Permit_for_Incidental_Take_of_Bats%20A_and_App_1.pdf