(Women survivors of sexual assault, Interventions during the first 5 days after the assault) Discuss HIV risk to determine use of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with the survivor, including:

• HIV prevalence in the geographic area • limitations of PEP
• the HIV status and characteristics of the perpetrator if known
• assault characteristics, including the number of perpetrators
• side-effects of the antiretroviral drugs used in the PEP regimen
• the likelihood of HIV transmission.