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Recommended HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for percutaneous injuries (Table 3)

Source of
Exposure HIV Positive HIV Positive Unknown HIV Unknown HIV Negative
Type Class 1 Class 2 Source
Status

Less Recommend Recommend Generally, no Generally, no No PEP is
Severe basic expanded >3- PEP is PEP is warranted
2-drug PEP drug PEP warranted. warranted.
Consider However,
basic consider
2-drug PEP basic 2-drug
for source PEP in
with HIV risk settings in
factors which
exposure to
HIV infected
person is
likely
More Recommend Recommend Generally, no Generally, no No PEP is
Severe expanded expanded PEP is PEP is warranted
>3-drug PEP >3-drug PEP warranted. warranted;
Consider However,
28 basic 2-drug consider
PEP for basic 2-drug
source with PEP in
HIV risk settings in
actors which
exposure to
HIV infected
person is
likely

Guidelines On Occupational Exposures To Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) And Hepatitis C Virus,
And Recommendations For Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)