Survey of North Carolina Pharmacists' Role in HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

This survey aims to evaluate outpatient pharmacists' attitudes and interest toward prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in North Carolina and knowledge of PrEP therapy and monitoring parameters. California and Colorado have passed legislation expanding the role of pharmacists in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention to include prescriptive authority for PrEP. Pharmacists in North Carolina have prescriptive authority as Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners and are actively involved with harm reduction strategies including clean syringe programs and dispensing naloxone per standing order. Widening this scope to include pharmacist prescribing of PrEP may improve access for those at risk of contracting HIV.