The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its updated ClinicalPractice Guideline for Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention and Clinical Providers Supplement.

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guidelines updateThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its updated ClinicalPractice Guideline for Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention and Clinical Providers Supplement. The updated guideline and supplement reflect the latest science and are intended to help physicians effectively prescribe all FDA-approved pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications to patients and increase PrEP use among all people who could benefit.


Updated (2013) U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (oPEP)

Updates U.S. Public Health Service recommendations for the management of health-care personnel (HCP) who have occupational exposure to blood and/or other body fluids that might contain HIV. Although the principles of exposure management remain unchanged, recommended HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) regimens and the duration of HIV follow-up testing for exposed personnel have been updated.


For more information visit: https://www.hiv.gov/blog/cdc-dear-colleague-message-updated-prep-guidelines 


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