HIV Screening and Preexposure Prophylaxis Guidelines

Abstract

Physicians practicing in rapidly evolving areas of medical care, and policy makers charged with supporting that care, both benefit from informed guidance regarding testing, new treatments, and innovations in disease prevention. Approaches to HIV care and prevention have both been improved by access to such guidance. Clinicians who care for patients with HIV follow newly published or presented data, the opinion of respected experts, and guidelines created by governmental or private organizations. Guideline groups have various "rules" regarding the inclusion of expert opinion, which publications are allowed, and how critically those research reports are evaluated. Clinicians expect guidelines to rapidly incorporate new data, and many immediately use guidelines to improve care for their patients.