new HIV recommendations for nonoccupational exposures to HIV
The CDC just released their 2025 updated antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection drug use, or other nonoccupational exposures to HIV: see hiv postexp prophylaxis 2025 in dropbox, or https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/rr/rr7401a1.htm#T4_down . thanks to Karen Magsipoc for bringing this to my attention Review : --these recommendations refer to nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) by sexual, needle, or other exposure to nonintact skin or mucous membranes that presents a substantial risk for HIV transmission, in the setting of a contact with HIV who lacks sustained viral suppression or their viral suppression is unknown -- these guidelines update the prior 2016 ones, and most significantly includes the new antiretrovirals -- if the source person has unknown HIV status, the nPEP determination should be based on the available information, though treatment should not be delayed for the purpose...