for Health Care Providers
Policies and Reports
Directives
- National HIV Program
Veterans Health Administration, Directive 1304; August 15, 2019 - Providing Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Veterans
LGBT Health Program, Veterans Health Administration, Directive 1341; Amended June 26, 2020 - Provision of Health Care for Veterans Who Identify as Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual
Veterans Health Administration, Directive 1340; Amended June 26, 2020
Clinical Considerations, Notices, and Other Guidance
- Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, June 2019 - Disclosure of HIV-related Information: Guidance from the MISSION Act
Veterans Health Administration; September 2018 - Providing Medical Evidence for Individuals with HIV Infection
Information for clinicians to document patient disability claims filed with the U.S. Social Security Administration; January 2018 - Revised Medical Criteria for HIV Disability Determination
Social Secruity Administration; Final rule effective January 17, 2017 - Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in the United States
Clinical Practice Update, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2017 - Laboratory Testing for the Diagnosis of HIV Infection: Updated Recommendations.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Association of Public Health Laboratories; June 2014- 2018 Quick reference guide: Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens; January 2018
- Technical Update: Use of the Determine HIV 1/2 Ag/Ab Combo Test with Serum or Plasma in the Laboratory Algorithm for HIV Diagnosis; October 2017
- Technical Update on HIV-1/2 Differentiation Assays; August 2016
- Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; September 22, 2006
Reports
- VA HIV Program Fact Sheet
HIV, Hepatitis, and Related Conditions Programs, March 2020 - Annual HIV Surveillance Reports
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Handbooks
- VHA Informed Consent for Clinical Treatments and Procedures
Veterans Health Administration, Handbook 1004.1(2); Amended June 25, 2020