The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an updated version of the Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposure to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP), on behalf of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), according to a news release . The guidelines were published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

The PHS Guidelines were last updated in 2013. This most recent version includes the elimination or reduction of certain routine testing and considerations for healthcare personnel taking preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or exposed to an HIV patient with an undetectable viral load.

Recommendations have changed due to scientific advanc

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