Source: Clinician Consultation Center
PrEPline, 855-448-7737
The CCC Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Service
11 a.m. – 6 p.m. EST
http://nccc.ucsf.edu/
The Clinician Consultation Center announces its brand new service, the CCC Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis consultation telephone service, or PrEPline. This service will provide free, expert advice to clinicians across the country on PrEP, an important new HIV prevention tool. PrEP involves providing antiretroviral drug treatment to HIV uninfected persons to prevent HIV infection. PrEP is a single pill, two-drug combination of the antiretroviral drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine, taken daily to prevent HIV infection in adults at high risk of acquiring HIV.
The PrEPline is staffed with an expert team of HIV clinicians who advise healthcare professionals on the indications for and proper implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The PrEPline rounds out the spectrum of HIV treatment and prevention consultation services for clinicians at the CCC, joining the Warmline for consultation advice on HIV/AIDS management, the PEPline for bloodborne pathogen exposure advise, and the Perinatal HIV Hotline for advice on HIV in pregnancy and infancy. The CCC has continually evolved to address the clinical needs arising from the HIV epidemic, whose next phase includes the quest for an HIV-free generation. The addition of the PrEPline serves the National HIV/AIDS strategy’s first goal of reducing new HIV infections by making state-of-the-art information and consultation on prevention available to providers across the country.
The Clinician Consultation Center is part of the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs) Program. The new PrEPline was made possible through supplemental funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to this HRSA program that provides education and training to clinicians nationally. Consultation services are provided by UCSF physicians, nurses, and clinical pharmacists. The CCC has provided nearly 400,000 consultations to clinicians on preventing and managing HIV/AIDS since its inception in 1993.
Follow the link below to read the full press release and learn more about this service.
PrEPline Press Release