Post Exposure Prophylaxis Clinical Case Study

Published 30/08/2016
CPD credit available: 3

At the end of this clinical case study, the reader should be able to implement the latest post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) guidelines. He/she should have clarity on the urgency of prophylaxis,  recommended regimens, number of medications to give, how long to continue PEP for, which baseline and follow-up investigations should be done, sideeffect prophylaxis and management with thorough understanding of the importance of support of the exposed individual. The reader should be familiar with the latest HIV Clinicians Society Post Exposure Prophylaxis guideline (http://sahivsoc.org/Files/Guideline%20on%20the%20management%20of%20occupational%20and%20non-occupational%20exposure%20(PEP)%20(Mar%202016).pdf  and http://sahivsoc.org/Files/Corrigendum%20%20PEP%20guidelines%20(March%202016).pdf).