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Outcomes From an Urgent Care Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Protocol for the Prevention of HIV

Outcomes From an Urgent Care Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Protocol for the Prevention of HIV Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and urgent care medical providers can be powerful allies when combined in the fight against HIV infection. Unfortunately, PrEP use in the urgent care setting is underused due to a lack of resources, provider staff knowledge, and comfort on the part of providers. An urgent care–specific PrEP protocol was developed, and 29 providers from six different urgent care facilities in Louisiana participated in a 20-week quality improvement project. The developed urgent care–specific PrEP protocol resulted in an increase in knowledge and comfort and a reduction in barriers associated with PrEP use. Overall, the urgent care PrEP protocol showed the ability to assist the urgent care clinician in many areas previously noted in research as reasons for reduced PrEP use. The urgent care PrEP protocol serves as an additional tool for the urgent care providers in HIV biomedical preventative care. The results of this project are reported using the Standards of Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence. Key words: HIV, PrEP, protocol, quality improvement project, urgent care lthough there are many sexually transmitted infec- the number of sexual partners, and not sharing needles Ations (STIs) that cause a burden on the society, few for drug use. The US Food http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Wolters Kluwer Health

Outcomes From an Urgent Care Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Protocol for the Prevention of HIV

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Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Health
ISSN
1055-3290
eISSN
1552-6917
DOI
10.1097/JNC.0000000000000178
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Abstract

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and urgent care medical providers can be powerful allies when combined in the fight against HIV infection. Unfortunately, PrEP use in the urgent care setting is underused due to a lack of resources, provider staff knowledge, and comfort on the part of providers. An urgent care–specific PrEP protocol was developed, and 29 providers from six different urgent care facilities in Louisiana participated in a 20-week quality improvement project. The developed urgent care–specific PrEP protocol resulted in an increase in knowledge and comfort and a reduction in barriers associated with PrEP use. Overall, the urgent care PrEP protocol showed the ability to assist the urgent care clinician in many areas previously noted in research as reasons for reduced PrEP use. The urgent care PrEP protocol serves as an additional tool for the urgent care providers in HIV biomedical preventative care. The results of this project are reported using the Standards of Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence. Key words: HIV, PrEP, protocol, quality improvement project, urgent care lthough there are many sexually transmitted infec- the number of sexual partners, and not sharing needles Ations (STIs) that cause a burden on the society, few for drug use. The US Food

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Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS CareWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jan 1, 2020

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