Who is requiring pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam? What is pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam?
- Who is requiring pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam?
- What are infection control measures for HIV infection prophylaxis?
- What is pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam?
- How to organize pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam?
Who is requiring pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 9 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP, persons requiring pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines include:
- Persons having same-sex sexual relationships.
- Persons having undergone sex reassignment.
- Narcotic substance users.
- Sex workers.
- Spouses of HIV-positive persons; spouses of persons mentioned above.
- Persons having sexual relationships with HIV-positive persons.
Who is requiring pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam? What is pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)
What are infection control measures for HIV infection prophylaxis?
Pursuant to Article 8 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP, infection control measures for HIV infection prophylaxis include:
- Adopt measures for sterilization, cleaning and disinfection of care and treatment tools and equipment according to professional guidelines on examination and treatment and HIV/AIDS.
- Take standard precautions when having contact with blood and biological fluids, caring for and treating patients with an illness not yet diagnosed and route-based preventive measures.
- Contaminated textiles and textiles with blood and biological fluids must be collected, transported and treated separately.
- Samples of deceased HIV-positive supervised persons must be handled according to professional guidelines on examination and treatment and HIV/AIDS.
- Take other infection control measures according to professional guidelines on examination and treatment and HIV/AIDS.
What is pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 7 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP stipulating pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines as follows:
- Management facilities may provide pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines for supervised persons when they meet the conditions in Article 10 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP. Management facilities ineligible to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines shall request for an appointed facility to cooperate in providing treatment for supervised persons in writing.
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis and formulation of dossiers on pre-exposure prophylaxis shall be carried out in compliance with professional guidelines on examination and treatment and HIV/AIDS.
- Management facilities eligible to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines shall formulate treatment dossiers for supervised persons. Management facilities ineligible to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines shall request for an appointed facility to cooperate in formulating treatment dossiers for supervised persons in writing.
How to organize pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 10 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP stipulating the organization of pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines as follows:
- Facilities to organize pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines include:
+ Healthcare establishments;
+ Other healthcare facilities.
- Conditions for organization of pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines for the facilities mentioned in Point a Clause 1 Article 10 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP:
+ The facilities must meet the requirements in Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP and Decree No. 155/2018/ND-CP;
+ Doctors or medical assistants in charge of pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines must have a practitioner certificate in medical examination/treatment and certificate of completion of training in pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines issued by competent training institution.
- Conditions for organization of pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines for the facilities mentioned in Point b Clause 1 Article 10 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP:
+ Facilities and equipment for pre-exposure prophylaxis of the facilities must meet the requirements in Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP and Decree No. 155/2018/ND-CP;
+ In-charge doctors or medical assistants must have a practitioner certificate in medical examination/treatment and certificate of completion of training in pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines issued by competent training institution.
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral medicines shall be provided in compliance with professional guidelines on examination and treatment and HIV/AIDS.
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