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Hotlines Provide Expert Advice on HIV/AIDS


 

The National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center at the University of California, San Francisco, offers two telephone services for physicians.

The center's Warmline provides expert consultation on antiretroviral treatments, prophylaxis and management of opportunistic infections, and primary care of patients with HIV/AIDS. The service is available Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST by calling 800-933-3413.

In addition, the center offers advice on occupational exposure to HIV via the PEPline, a clinicians' postexposure prophylaxis hotline, at 888-448-4911. Experts provide around-the-clock advice on managing occupational exposures to HIV, as well as hepatitis B and C.

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