For information on how to obtain medication for prevention of HIV infection following a high risk occupational or non-occupational exposure, please call the St Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy 1-888-511-6222

• This guideline is intended to guide health care providers caring for persons who have experienced significant exposure to blood and/or body fluids in the work place or community setting. The risk of HIV acquisition from a given exposure depends on the likelihood the source has transmissible HIV infection, and the biological risk of HIV transmission based on the exposure that has occurred.
• This guideline is designed to deal specifically with exposures to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is not applicable to other exposures such as viral hepatitis.
• This guideline provides a framework for a program of expert advice and prompt antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for potential exposures to HIV.