HIV Exposure

HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a form of secondary HIV prevention that may reduce the incidence of HIV infections. HIV PEP is commonly conceived of as 2 types: occupational and nonoccupational. Occupational HIV PEP is an accepted form of therapy for health care workers exposed to HIV through their jobs. Ever since its inception, medical profession has been vulnerable to occupational exposure to infectious materials and at risk of acquiring life threatening infections. With the emergence of HIV infection and its relentless global spread, health care workers (HCWs) are increasingly being exposed to patients who are HIV +ive or have frank AIDS. Despite the use of universal precautions (like use of gloves, masks etc.) or rarely when they are not followed, accidenta