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Client education HIV Management Guidelines

WEBClient education. Nurses play a pivotal role in managing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in particular by providing clients with evidence-based education, so that they can …

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Anaemia HIV Management Guidelines

WEBAnaemia is a common problem and increases in frequency with stage of HIV infection, ranging from 3% of asymptomatic patients to 12% of patients with CD4+ T cell counts of …

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Virological failure HIV Management Guidelines

WEBThis association is particularly common when HIV RNA levels are >500 copies/mL 3. Therefore, patients who have persistent plasma HIV RNA levels ≥200 copies/mL are …

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Natural history of HIV infection HIV Management Guidelines

WEBMark Kelly 1, Rajesh Varma 2 . Armidale Rural and Referral Hospital, Armidale, NSW; Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney NSW; Last reviewed: November 2019. …

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Biomedical prevention of HIV infection

WEBHowever, among Indigenous men in these programs, HIV prevalence increased almost five times between 2011 and 2017 (from 0.9% to 4.2% [ 1 ]). Overall, recent declines in HIV …

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Pre-exposure prophylaxis HIV Management Guidelines

WEBTerminology. WHO defines pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as the use of oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) or co-formulated TDF/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) or co …

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Psychiatric disorders in people with HIV infection

WEBToby Syme, Mark Jeanes Victorian HIV Mental Health Service, Infectious Diseases Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne VIC Last reviewed: October 2019 Introduction People …

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Client education for HIV prevention HIV Management Guidelines

WEBThe aim of patient education is to develop positive and protective factors to assist the client in achieving optimal sexual health. [7] Sex is foremost about pleasure; whether it is …

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All you need to know about managing HIV in Australia

WEBHIV Management in Australasia is a ‘living resource’ for health practitioners managing people with HIV infection in Australia and neighbouring countries. It provides …

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Post-exposure prophylaxis HIV Management Guidelines

WEBThe Australian National PEP guidelines [ 50] recommend 28 days of ART with two or three drugs (at prescriber’s discretion) for an HIV transmission risk event of ≥ 1:15,000. …

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Pregnancy and midwifery considerations in HIV

WEBKaren Blyth: Victorian HIV Consultancy, The Alfred Introduction and global overview It is estimated around 1.5 million women with HIV give birth annually. Worldwide, AIDS …

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Disclosure of HIV status within health care and the ‘right to know’

WEBIt is well established that there is no legal right for a health professional to know a person’s medical diagnosis, and that the best way to protect staff in health-care settings is …

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Nursing ethics in the care of people with HIV

WEBElizabeth Crock: Bolton Clarke HIV Program, Melbourne Donna Tilley: Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney Introduction and background Nurses work along the …

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What is the meaning of ‘index case’

WEBThe index case is the initial case of HIV infection in a person newly diagnosed with HIV. The health professional must raise with this person the possibility of notifying his or her …

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Key populations in the Australian HIV epidemic

WEBIn 2013 about 20% (15-25%) of non-men who have sex with men living with HIV infection were estimated to have undiagnosed infection.In the most recent results from The …

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Non-occupational postexposure prophylaxis (NPEP)

WEBNon-occupational postexposure prophylaxis (NPEP) NPEP has been in wide-spread use in Australia since 1999 and is recommended by the Australian Government’s Department …

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Informed consent HIV Management Guidelines

WEBInformed consent is a central ethical and legal principle in the provision of health care, including nursing care; it applies to all health interventions with certain well-defined …

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Contact tracing HIV Management Guidelines

WEBContact tracing is an essential part of the management of a person newly diagnosed with HIV but should rarely be the priority in the initial encounter. People with HIV can …

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