[MCOH-EH] HIV PEP meds for traveling healthcare workers

[Hudson, T. Warner]

Yes; many different scenarios and includes medical students on rotations in Africa. These travelers may come to Occupational Health and get HIV meds along with other things depending on the work they are traveling to like HIV clinic in Africa so we would prescribe at OH; may have on call HIV MD set up to start meds which are pre-deployed there and follow up once back at OH; etc.
Department or program is cross charged.
Warner

T. Warner Hudson, MD FACOEM, FAAFP
Medical Director, Occupational and Employee Health
UCLA Health System and Campus
Office 310.825.9146
Fax 310.206.4585
Pager 800.233.7231  ID 27132
E-mail twhudson at mednet.ucla.edu<mailto:twhudson at mednet.ucla.edu>
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From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Hartley, Patrick
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:26 PM
To: mcoh-eh at mylist.net
Subject: [MCOH-EH] HIV PEP meds for traveling healthcare workers

Colleagues:
In your respective institutions, if you have staff physicians or residents/fellows (or other healthcare workers) traveling overseas to provide medical care as part of their work duties, do you provide a supply of HIV post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) meds, to be taken in the event of a blood borne pathogen exposure, when timely testing of the source patient or availability of PEP may be limited or unavailable.
If so, who prescribes the PEP meds (e.g. employee health clinic vs. travel medicine clinic) and who pays for it (e.g. employee health vs. sponsoring clinical department vs. personal health insurance vs. other)?
Thanks
Pat Hartley

Patrick G. Hartley, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., M.P.H.
Professor (Clinical) of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine
Medical Director: University Employee Health Clinic & Occupational Medicine Clinic
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009
319-353-7072 (Office)
319-356-3631 (UEHC)
319-353-6406 (Fax)
patrick-hartley at uiowa.edu<mailto:patrick-hartley at uiowa.edu>


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