Victorian NPEP Service, Infectious Diseases Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
HIV Med. 2012 Aug;13(7):436-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00986.x. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
A Swiss nonoccupational post-exposure prophylaxis (NPEP) source-tracing study successfully reduced unnecessary NPEP prescriptions by recruiting and testing source partners of unknown HIV serostatus. The Victorian NPEP Service in Australia attempted to replicate this study with the addition of HIV rapid testing and a mobile service.
Patients presenting to two busy NPEP sites who reported a source partner of unknown HIV status were routinely asked if their source could be traced. If the exposed person indicated that their source partner was traceable they were asked to contact them and discuss the possibility of having an HIV test.
No sources were enrolled and the study was terminated.
We hypothesize that there are a number of differences between Australia and Switzerland that make source tracing unfeasible in Australia.
瑞士开展的一项非职业暴露后预防（NPEP）源追踪研究通过招募和检测不明 HIV 血清学状况的源伙伴，成功减少了不必要的 NPEP 处方。澳大利亚维多利亚州 NPEP 服务机构试图通过增加 HIV 快速检测和移动服务来复制这项研究。
在两家繁忙的 NPEP 诊所就诊的报告不明 HIV 状态源伙伴的患者，常规被询问他们的源伙伴是否可以追踪。如果暴露者表示他们的源伙伴可以追踪，他们被要求联系他们并讨论进行 HIV 检测的可能性。
没有招募到源伙伴，研究因此终止。
我们假设澳大利亚和瑞士之间存在一些差异，使得在澳大利亚进行源追踪不可行。
