Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (nPEP)

In southeastern Arizona, the only way patients could access emergency non-occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) was to take their chances at one of the local emergency departments. Many emergency departments are unprepared to give patients needing PEP adequate care. Emergency department providers are often unfamiliar with what exposures warrant PEP, what medication regimens should be prescribed, and how to ensure patients can obtain the expensive PEP medication regimens. In order to address this gap in service, Arizona AETC began working with the university infectious disease clinic and emergency department to identify ways to improve access to PEP. [Read more…] about Pacific AETC Local Partner, Arizona AETC: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ