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Implementation and impact of a post-exposure prophylaxis helpline [PDF]

Occupational Medicine, 2015
Despite a 2007 national and regional training programme, there was poor implementation of a post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) programme to prevent occupational transmission of HIV in health care workers (HCWs) in Delhi. A new initiative was therefore launched by the Delhi State AIDS Control Society in 2010 to improve uptake of PEP in HCWs.To assess the ...
A K, Gupta, A C, Gupta, A, Gupta, S S, Ranga, B B, Rewari, A P, Bansal   +5 more
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Exposure to hepatitis B virus, post-exposure prophylaxis knowledge, and related factors among healthcare workers in a tertiary care military facility in Ghana: A cross-sectional analytical study

Scientific African
Background: Healthcare workers are at increased risk of exposure to hepatitis B virus due to occupational hazards. Adequate knowledge and adherence to post-exposure prophylaxis protocols are crucial in minimizing HBV transmission.
Berlinda Lasidji Narh, Vivian Efua Senoo-Dogbey, Monica Charlotte Akpagloh   +2 more
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Exposure to Biological Fluids in Dental Practice—Narrative Review on Appropriate Risk Assessment to Guide Post-Exposure Management

Pathogens, 2023
Accidental exposure to blood or other biological fluids is a common occurrence in dentistry, and its post-exposure management is a key component of infection prevention and control programs designed to prevent the transmission of blood-borne pathogens ...
Mihai Săndulescu, Mihnea Ioan Nicolescu, Cristian Funieru, Gülşen Özkaya Şahin, Oana Săndulescu   +4 more
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COVID-19: Time for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis? [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
From a healthcare perspective, infection due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) and the ensuing syndrome called COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) represents the biggest challenge the world has faced in several decades. Particularly worrisome are the high contagiousness of the virus and the saturation
Gentile I., Maraolo A. E., Piscitelli P., Colao A.   +3 more
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Remediated sexuality: the meanings of postand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV [PDF]

Saúde e Sociedade
This article discusses the sexual character of HIV preand post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP and PrEP, respectively). It derives from a socio-anthropological study on the biomedicalization of responses to HIV that analyzed the offer of these prophylaxes in ...
Mauro Brigeiro, Simone Monteiro
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Exploring Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Knowledge in Incarcerated Men

American Journal of Men's Health, 2022
People who are incarcerated have a disproportionately high risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While there is no known cure for HIV, there are biomedical approaches that can successfully manage the virus and prevent its transmission ...
Pamela Valera, Zaire S. Ali, Diamond Cunningham, Christopher McLaughlin, Sebastian Acevedo   +4 more
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Changes in HIV post-exposure prophylaxis prescriptions before and after the introduction of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia, 2011–2021

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Objective: HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) became available in Victoria, Australia, in 2016. We examined non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) usage among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) before and after PrEP ...
Ranjit S. Samra, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong, Ei T. Aung, Eric PF. Chow   +4 more
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PrEP Scale-Up and PEP in Central and Eastern Europe: Changes in Time and the Challenges We Face with No Expected HIV Vaccine in the near Future

Vaccines, 2023
With no expected vaccine for HIV in the near future, we aimed to define the current situation and challenges for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
Deniz Gokengin, Dominik Bursa, Agata Skrzat-Klapaczynska, Ivailo Alexiev, Elena Arsikj, Tatevik Balayan, Josip Begovac, Alma Cicic, Gordana Dragovic, Arjan Harxhi, Kerstin Aimla, Botond Lakatos, Raimonda Matulionyte, Velida Mulabdic, Cristiana Oprea, Antonios Papadopoulos, Nino Rukhadze, Dalibor Sedlacek, Lubomir Sojak, Janez Tomazic, Anna Vassilenko, Marta Vasylyev, Antonija Verhaz, Nina Yancheva, Oleg Yurin, Justyna Kowalska   +25 more
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Rabies Suspected Animal Contact Cases in a City with Animal Husbandry and the Appropriateness of Prophylactic Procedures

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
SUMMARY: Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the features of rabies suspected animal contact cases in the emergency department and the appropriateness of administering post-exposure prophylaxis procedures according to World Health Organization (WHO)
Seda DAGAR, Sibel SAHIN, Deniz ORAY, Arif AKKAYA, Ahmet KAMA, Gulsah UCAN   +5 more
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Varicella vaccine in post-exposure prophylaxis

Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 2001
Evidence concerning the effectiveness of Oka-based varicella vaccines when administered following exposure to varicella zoster virus in domestic and hospital settings is reviewed. The evidence appears to support post-exposure use of Oka-derived varicella vaccines in children within 3 days of rash onset in the index case.
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