Resources & Forms

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised the surveillance case definition for HIV infection. The changes were announced in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released on April 11, 2014. The revisions were made to address multiple issues, the most important of…

The CDC revised its recommendations for HIV testing in healthcare settings in September 2006. The Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Healthcare Settings aim to make HIV testing a routine part of medical care in addition to expanding the gains…

This table provides information concerning bioavailability differences between capsule/tablet and liquid/chewable dosage forms of antiretrovirals. Its purpose is to assist providers with management of pregnant patients with HIV who are unable to swallow antiretroviral tablets/capsules.

The HIV and Preconception Care Toolkit was developed with the aim of helping HIV primary care providers to address reproductive health issues with their patients, including preconception care, family planning and safer conception for HIV serodifferent couples. The materials were developed by the…

The Illinois 24/7 Perinatal HIV Hotline and Mother and Child Alliance (MACA) have partnered with Walgreens/C&M Specialty Pharmacy to offer emergency support for the provision of pediatric HIV prophylactic medication. 

The Illinois 24/7 Perinatal HIV Hotline partners with medical providers throughout Illinois and neighboring states specializing in the care of pregnant people living with HIV and their newborns. Our partners include:CHICAGOAnn and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (Pediatric…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in the United States – 2017 Update provides health care providers with recommendations on the use of PrEP to prevent HIV, including use in HIV serodifferent…

Developed by the Mother and Child Alliance (MACA), Making Sense of HIV and Pregnancy, is a 3-day prenatal class specifically designed for pregnant people living with HIV.

The 24/7 Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline offers expedited confirmatory HIV testing at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Immunology Laboratory for calls to the Hotline in which an urgent confirmatory HIV test result is needed for clinical decision making.The specimens are processed…

The Illinois 24/7 Perinatal HIV Hotline offers expedited confirmatory HIV testing at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Immunology Laboratory for calls to the Hotline in which an urgent confirmatory HIV test result is needed for clinical decision making. The specimens are processed with a…

This patient handout, developed by the Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline, is designed to assist parents/caretakers in administering neonatal AZT (Zidovudine, Retrovir) to their newborn infants. It includes information on timely dosing and what to do if the infant spits up the medication or…

The United States Public Health Service provides clinical guidelines for the treatment of HIV/AIDS that are continually reviewed and updated by experts in the field. They are available at HIVinfo.Sources of treatment information for perinatal HIV include the following:Recommendations for the Use of…

To be used by providers to link their patients to case management and specialty care. Once signed by the patient, the release of information authorizes the Hotline to receive and share information about the patient and their infant with identified institutions and organizations for the purpose…