Best Practice

Hepatitis B

This DH Guidance aims to provides commissioners and providers with best practice guidance on hepatitis B screening and the vaccination of babies born to hepatitis B positive mothers.

This guidance sits alongside the new Programme Standards and Laboratory Handbook for the Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme and the forthcoming release of the map of medicine on the hepatitis B care pathway.

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HIV - Guidelines for the management of HIV infection in pregnant women 2012

The British HIV Association (BHIVA) have published revised Guidelines for the Management of HIV infection in Pregnant Women. The overall purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance on best clinical practice in the treatment and management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive pregnant women in the UK. The scope includes guidance on the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) both to prevent HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) and for the welfare of the mother herself, guidance on mode of delivery and recommendations in specific patient populations where other factors need to be taken into consideration, such as co-infection with other agents. The guidelines are aimed at clinical professionals directly involved with, and responsible for, the care of pregnant women with HIV infection.
This guidance sits alongside the Programme Standards and Laboratory Handbook for the Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme.

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