In this episode of Going anti-Viral, Dr Michael Saag speaks with Dr Carolyn Chu and Dr Lealah Pollock from the University of California San Francisco about the National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC). The NCCC offers guidance to health care practitioners on HIV, hepatitis, and substance use. Dr Chu and Dr Pollock discuss the most common questions asked by clinicians to the NCCC warm line such as: infant feeding by people with HIV, antiretroviral treatment (ART) for pregnant people with HIV, and the use of long-acting antiretroviral drugs. They also discuss how they respond to questions about the latest developments in preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care, care for people with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and health care practitioner exposures. Finally, they share their thoughts about working for the NCCC and the service they offer to US-based clinicians.

0:00 – Introduction

1:31 – History and overview of the services provided by the NCCC

4:31 – A common question – infant feeding in people with HIV

10:03 – ART for pregnant people with HIV

13:53 – Questions about long-acting antiretroviral drugs

16:55 – Interpretation of resistance-associated mutations

18:30 – The NCCC warm line service model

20:34 – Questions about administering PrEP and impact of recent developments in PrEP research

26:08 – Questions about postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) for STIs

27:25 – Recommendations for health care practitioner exposures

29:17 – Final thoughts and closing remarks

Resources:

Contact the National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC):

https://nccc.ucsf.edu/

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Produced by IAS-USA, Going anti–Viral is a podcast for clinicians involved in research and care in HIV, its complications, and other viral infections. This podcast is intended as a technical source of information for specialists in this field, but anyone listening will enjoy learning more about the state of modern medicine around viral infections.

Going anti-Viral’s host is Dr Michael Saag, a physician, prominent HIV researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and volunteer IAS–USA board member. In most episodes, Dr Saag interviews an expert in infectious diseases or emerging pandemics about their area of specialty and current developments in the field. Other episodes are drawn from the IAS–USA vast catalogue of panel discussions, Dialogues, and other audio from various meetings and conferences.

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