TABLE 2.

Selecting patients for preferred for post-exposure interventions.

Type of exposure	Status of the source
	HIV-positive	Unknown	HIV-negative
Percutaneous exposure to blood or potentially infectious fluids	Triple prophylaxis	Triple prophylaxis	No PEP
Mucous membrane exposure, including sexual exposure, mucocutaneous splash or open wound contact, with blood or potentially infectious fluids	Triple prophylaxis	Triple prophylaxis	No PEP
Mucous membrane exposure, including sexual exposure, mucocutaneous splash or open wound contact, with non-infectious fluids	No PEP	No PEP	No PEP

PEP, post exposure prophylaxis