Although available for over a decade, use of nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis
(nPEP) remains controversial in the United States. There are concerns over sexual assault …

HIV infection is a common worldwide public health challenge affecting an estimated 40
million persons. In the United States, there have been over 900,000 cases of AIDS, and it is …

Methods: We conducted a survey of HIV providers (n= 142, response rate= 61%) in Miami-
Dade County (Florida) and the District of Columbia that focused on their knowledge …

Objectives To describe the use of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) postexposure
prophylaxis (PEP) in adolescent survivors of sexual assault and to explore barriers to PEP …

Objectives Research suggests nonoccupational post exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) is under
prescribed for people seeking treatment within 72 h of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

Study objective Exposures to HIV are frequently managed in the emergency department
(ED) for assessment and potential initiation of HIV postexposure prophylaxis. Despite …

We investigate emergency department (ED) directors' knowledge of protocols and practices
for nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) after potential exposure to HIV after …

Background: Limited data are available about the accuracy of postexposure prophylaxis
(PEP) prescription in the emergency rooms. Here, we evaluated PEP prescription decision …

The objective of this study was to elucidate factors that predicted the initiation of HIV
postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) for blood or body fluid exposures evaluated at Rhode …

New York State (NYS) established guidelines for nonoccupational post-exposure
prophylaxis (nPEP) to HIV in 1997. To assess current nPEP practices in NYS Emergency …