- Authors
- Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government
- Title
- National Guidelines for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis After Non-Occupational Exposure to HIV
- Description of Work
- Approved March 2007, Publications Approval Number: 3939
- Imprint
- Commonwealth of Australia, 2006, 10 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1 74186 125 X
- Url
- http://www.ashm.org.au/uploads/File/2007-national-NPEP-guidelines.pdf
- Abstract
"These guidelines outline the management of individuals who have been exposed (or suspect they have been exposed) to HIV in the non-occupational setting. Since they were originally developed in 2001, there have been advances in knowledge of HIV pathogenesis, treatment and non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (NPEP). There are currently no data from randomised controlled trials of the use of NPEP, and still many gaps in the scientific data, with assumptions made accordingly about the direction of management."