Part 2: Competency Standards for a Pharmacist who provides Pharmacist-Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (PIMART) Services

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Summary of PIMART Competency Standards

Domain 1: Conduct Testing and Diagnosis of HIV

Domain 2: Initiate Pre-Exposure Prophylasis (PrEP), Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and 1st Line Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) plus initiation of TB-Preventative Therapy (TPT) where appropriate and apply protocol adherence measures

Domain 3: Implement Processes for the prevention of HIV transmission and infection via PrEP, safer conception and contraception, and prevention of mother to child transmission

Domain 4: Implement processes to identify and manage co-morbidities and opportunistic infections related to HIV

Domain 5: Implement processes to prevent and manage drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and drug resistance

Domain 6: Handle ART data responsibly and use Disease Management Systems appropriately

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