Download adaptable Microsoft Word files below.

Standard Operating Procedures for Antiretroviral Therapy is a timely resource for clinicians delivering antiretroviral therapy (ART) services at health facilities in low-resource settings.

This guide describes processes and provides instructions to maximize ART service delivery in accordance with the relevant national guidelines. It guides clinicians in providing ART to HIV-infected clients and in evaluating performance, thereby serving as a quality assurance tool for management. This series of protocols includes sections on procedures for providing ART to adults and adolescents, adherence counseling, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and standard precautions for outpatient settings.

FHI is collaborating with ministries of health and other implementing partners to introduce and scale up ART at health facilities in several countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Cambodia and Vietnam.

From these experiences, FHI and its partners have developed these SOPs for ART delivery; they can be adapted easily to specific national contexts. The SOPs should evolve as new information impacting ART becomes available, and should be revised to update standards and procedures.

Adapt Procedures to Individual Country Needs

Adapt the procedures to individual country needs by downloading the Microsoft Word files below:

Introduction - 5 pages

Section A: Antiretroviral Therapy for Adults and Adolescents - 32 pages

Section A: Forms (part 1) - 8 pages

Section A: Forms (part 2) - 11 pages

Section B: ART Adherence Counseling - 17 pages

Section B: Forms - 8 pages

Section C: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis - 12 pages

Section D: Standard Precautions for the Outpatient Setting - 26 pages

Bibliography - 2 pages