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Bridgeport Hospital - Internal Residents Training

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Bridgeport Hospital
267 Grant Street Bridgeport, CT 06610
Starts at: February 5, 2019 7:00am ET
Ends at: February 5, 2019 9:00am ET
Free Admission
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Description

 

Objective:

Provide an overview of HIV Testing, Treatment, PrEP, and Treatment as Prevention to Internal Medicine Residents at Bridgeport Hospital.

 

This event is open to the Bridgeport Hospital Internal Resident Program only - it is not open to general audiences

Materials

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP, occupational and non-occupational)
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Acute HIV
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV Epidemiology
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • HIV resistance testing and interpretation
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Immunization
  • Opportunistic Infections