Rape and Sexual Assault: Prophylaxis against infections and STI prophylaxis for sexual assault survivors
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Survivors should be given STI prophylaxis/post exposure prophylaxis:
|
Medicine |
Adult dose |
Frequency |
Duration |
|
ceftriaxone im |
250mg |
once only |
for 7 days |
and |
azithromycin po |
1g |
once only |
|
or |
doxycycline po |
100mg |
twice a day |
|
and |
metronidazole po |
2g |
once only |
|
or |
tinidazole po |
2g |
once only |
|
and |
benzathine penicillin im |
2.4MU |
once only |
|
and |
tenofovir/ lamivudine, dolutegravir po |
See ART guidelines |
Offer counselling and HIV test at the time of the rape and three months later.