title: Development of guidelines on nonoccupational HIV postexposure prophylaxis for the state of Rhode Island.
abstract: The Brown University AIDS Program and the Rhode Island Department of Health joined with health care practitioners, researchers, and representatives of community-based health, social service, and advocacy organizations to create comprehensive guidelines on nonoccupational HIV postexposure prophylaxis for the state of Rhode Island. These guidelines offer health care practitioners detailed advice on the evaluation and management of blood or body fluid exposures outside the health care setting, e.g., through sexual assault, consensual sex, injecting-drug use, or needlestick injuries. In these circumstances, HIV postexposure prophylaxis serves those for whom primary prevention measures have failed or were impractical or impossible. The guidelines represent the end product of coordination among private and public, academic and nonacademic, clinician and layperson groups committed to decreasing the incidence of HIV infections in the state of Rhode Island. The guidelines serve as both a resource for health care practitioners and a means of educating them on this method of HIV prevention.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Section of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA. rmerchant@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Roland C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Browning
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003075:Coitus; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000150:complications; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011902:Rape; D012237:Rhode Island; D012307:Risk Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents