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HIV Education Prison Project: Volume 6, Number 5 - May 2003

"Hepatitis C: What Clinicians and Other Health Professionals Need to Know"
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c_training/edu/default.htm
A web-based training course for primary care physicians, nurses, and other health care workers. Developed by the CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis and the Division of Media and Training Services. The course can be completed in about 2 hours; ACCME, CNE, and CEU continuing education credit is available.

New HIV Testing and Prevention Efforts
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5215a1.htm
New CDC-issued policies for HIV testing and prevention.

HIV Medication Chart
http://www.crine.org/info/pillchart.html

Drugs@FDA: A Catalog of FDA Approved Drug Products
www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugcat/
A pilot project of the FDA that provides a single, searchable internet source for official, up-to-date information about FDA-approved brand name and generic drugs (including those for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and related conditions).

Interactive Database of Drug Interactions
hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=ar-00-02

Drug Database
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/drugs/fda_drug.asp
Searchable by drug name, class, or other search terms. Sponsored by AIDSinfo, a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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