速看!“后悔药” 艾滋病暴露后预防(Post-exposure Prophylaxis,简PEP) 艾滋病作为全社会广泛关注并且积极应对的重大传染病之一,当前仍缺乏有效的治疗方案,但是,艾滋病可以有效预防,除了大家熟知的避孕套等预防措施外,还有一种“后悔药”—...
As early as 1982, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began issuing precautions for the handling and care of laboratory specimens from patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). The goal was to minimize the risk of exposure to infectious blood and blood-...
There are more than 50,000 new cases of HIV infection in the United States and2.7 millionnew cases worldwide annually, and strategies for HIV prevention are a major focus ofcliniciansandresearchers. The use of post-exposu...
Post-exposure prophylaxis following occupational exposure to HIV is considered the standard of care in the United States (CDC, 2001) and several other countries. However, evidence on the efficacy of post-exposure ART to prevent human HIV transmission is limited to a single, small, retrospective ca...
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- "Amid a chaotic struggle, a police officer was accidentally scratched by a drug dealer known to be HIV-positive," a university student retold the medical information he had memorized in just 30 seconds.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Hepatitis B (HBV) Hepatitis C (HCV) Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) Blood-Borne Viral Infections(BBV) 1 Introduction Viral infections, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV), are transmitted either sexually or throu...
To the Editor: Sexual assault nurse examiners working for the San Francisco Department of Public Health at San Francisco General Hospital have offered human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) to survivors of sexual assault since April 1998. Survivors who choose to initiate ...
Post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP, is a course of two or three drugs that will lower your chance of infection if you've been exposed to HIV. Learn about who PEP is for, when you should take it, how it works, its side effects, and more.
Chances are, if you’re at increased risk of contractingHIV, you’ve heard of PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) – you might have even heard of PEP… but for those of you who aren’t already in the know, let’s take a look PEP. ...
The risk for occupational exposure to HIV has resulted in the establishment of strategies to reduce the risk in healthcare personnel. These strategies focus on modes and risk for HIV transmission, baseline and follow-up testing, and administration of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Guidelines from...