Resources & Forms

Expedited Confirmatory HIV Testing Information

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... - Read More

Expedited HIV Viral Load Testing Requisition

The 24/7 Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline facilitates expedited Viral Load tests (HIV-1 RNA assays) for calls to the Hotline in which an urgent viral load test result is needed for clinical decision making. Tests are performed at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital... - Read More

Expedited HIV Viral Load Testing Information

The 24/7 Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline facilitates expedited Viral Load tests (HIV-1 RNA assays) for calls to the Hotline in which an urgent viral load test result is needed for clinical decision making. Tests are performed at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital... - Read More

Resources for HIV Serodifferent Couples

HIVE, formerly the Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC), features a variety of online resources for HIV serodifferent couples including information on safer conception options and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Providers of HIV-Related Obstetric and Pediatric Care in Illinois

The 24/7 Illinois 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:   CHICAGO Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’... - Read More

HIV Prenatal Class Curriculum

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.

Neonatal AZT Instructions

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... - Read More

IDPH Screening Recommendations for Pregnant People

Intrauterine or perinatally transmitted STIs, Hepatitis B/C, and HIV can have debilitating effects on pregnant people, their partners, and their fetuses. All pregnant people and their sex partners should be questioned and if needed, counseled about the possibility of... - Read More

Congenital Syphilis

Health care providers are required by Illinois law (410 ILCS 320/1) to screen all pregnant people for syphilis infection during the first prenatal visit and during the third trimester. In the event any blood tests shall show a positive or inconclusive result, an... - Read More

ACOG: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee Opinion Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus addresses the use of PrEP in combination with other proven HIV prevention methods as a useful HIV prevention strategy for... - Read More

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