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Options Available to Help Prevent the Spread of HIV
HIV Testing
Nearly 40% of new HIV infections are transmitted by people who don’t know they have the virus. Testing for HIV can reduce transmission and early diagnosis can improve medical outcomes. HIV screening is recommended for all adolescents and adults 13 to 64 years of age.1
Prevention that is used before exposure by someone without HIV using Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).2 Individuals must be screened for HIV-1 infection and have a negative HIV-1 test to be a candidate for PrEP.
National Clinician Consultation Center PrEPline 1‑855‑448‑7737
Prevention used before HIV exposure by someone living with HIV using Treatment as Prevention (TasP) to reduce their viral load to undetectable thus preventing HIV transmission to an uninfected partner. This strategy of prevention is also known as Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U).3, 4
National Clinician Consultation Center HIVline 1‑800‑933‑3413
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Benefits of routine screening. Updated March 15, 2021. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/hivnexus/hcp/resources/index.html
National Clinician Consultation Center. PrEP: Pre-exposure prophylaxis. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://nccc.ucsf.edu/clinician-consultation/prep-pre-exposure-prophylaxis/
CDC. Prevention for persons with HIV. Updated October 22, 2019. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/clinicians/treatment/partner-prevention.html
National Clinician Consultation Center. HIV/AIDS management. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://nccc.ucsf.edu/clinician-consultation/hiv-aids-management/
CDC. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Updated May 13, 2020. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/hivnexus/hcp/pep/index.html
National Clinician Consultation Center. PEP: Post-exposure prophylaxis. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://nccc.ucsf.edu/clinician-consultation/pep-post-exposure-prophylaxis/
CDC. Syringe services programs (SSPs). Updated May 23, 2019. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/ssp/index.html
CDC. How to clean your syringes. June 2021. October 13, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/consumer-info-sheets/cdc-hiv-consumer-info-sheet-cleaning-syringes.pdf
CDC. Protect yourself if you inject drugs. Updated April 21, 2021. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/drugs/index.html
CDC. Non-sexual transmission: HIV screening during pregnancy and labor/delivery. Updated February 26, 2020. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/clinicians/prevention/nonsexual-hiv-transmission.html
National Clinician Consultation Center. Perinatal HIV/AIDS. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://nccc.ucsf.edu/clinician-consultation/perinatal-hiv-aids/
CDC. Condoms. Published November 8, 2019. Accessed October 25, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/index.html
CDC. HIV Risk Behaviors. Published November 13, 2019. Accessed October 25, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/index.html
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