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National
Hotline Opens for Advice on Occupational HIV Exposure Prophylaxis
(From CDC National Center for
HIV, STD and TB Prevention Daily News Summary)
Reuters Health Information Services 11/19/97
San Francisco General Hospital is now offering a free,
24-hour hotline -- The National Clinician's Post Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (PEPLine) --
to clinicians in need of advice on how to best treat healthcare workers accidentally
exposed to blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. According to a University of
California at San Francisco press release, PEPLine is open seven days a week and offers
timely information on prophylaxis for occupational exposure. PEPline, which can be reached
by calling 1-888-448-4911, is an outgrowth of the UCSF's Needlestick Hotline and National
HIV Telephone Consultation Services.
The CDC National Center for HIV, STD,
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Source: http://www.thebody.com/cdc/pepline.html
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