title: Management of HIV-infected children in the home and institutional settings. Care of children and infections control in schools, day care, hospital settings, home, foster care, and adoption.
abstract: The likelihood of high-risk pediatric exposure to HIV infection, other than perinatal exposure, has been shown to be low in most cases, and HIV PEP should be considered on a case-by-case basis. Generic considerations in the management of children who have become HIV infected emphasizes the principles of inclusion, maintaining confidentiality of a child's HIV status, and notifying those who need to know about the HIV status to care properly for the child or adolescent. Although appropriate infection-control precautions are applicable for all children and for many pathogens, children especially HIV-infected children, exposed to such pathogens, must be managed in a timely fashion. In many cases, recommendations that are applicable in one setting are applicable in others. Some exceptions apply, including infection-control precautions in hospitals versus other settings. A few additional considerations have been made for special settings and activities, including adoption, foster care, athletics, summer camp, and other recreational activities.
authors.affiliation: Maternal Child Transmission, Pediatric and Adolescent Studies Section, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Dominguez
mesh_terms: D001734:Bites, Human / Q000821:virology; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D017053:Infection Control; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious