HealthPathways has recently published the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) pathway. PrEP can reduce the risk of HIV infection in patients who don’t have HIV, but are at risk of infection. It is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for prescription by GPs for eligible patients.
NSW Health has a goal of ending HIV transmissions by 2020. A key element involves integrating HIV testing into practices. Did you know that GPs diagnosed 42% of new HIV diagnosis in NSW in 2017?
As a GP, you can also support HIV prevention by providing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV treatment to eligible patients.
This pathway provides you with best practice assessment and management guidelines, which may assist you in prescribing PrEP to your patient.
The HealthPathway:
- Reinforces behavioural prevention for all patients
- Provides information on the importance of adhering to the medication:
- lists possible side effects
- advises how to obtain the authority prescribed medication
- provides ongoing monitoring of medication information
If your patient has HIV or Hep B, the referral section in the pathway provides you with local and up-to-date referral pathways.
The information section contains further clinical information regarding PrEP. There is also a patient information section. Printable PDFs are available from this section to give to your patients.
For further information on HealthPathways, please contact [email protected] or [email protected].
For a list of all localised pathways see:
Mid and North Coast Localised Pathways
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