Expedited partner therapy: Difference between revisions
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
* | *Treatment of sex partners of patients diagnosed with [[Chlamydia trachomatis|chlamydia]] or [[Neisseria gonorrhoeae|gonorrhea]] by providing treatment or medications to the patient to take to his/her partner without the health care provider examining the partner. | ||
**Decreases recurrence | **Decreases recurrence | ||
**Legal in most states. Potentially permissible in some. Prohibited in a few (FL, KY, OH, WV) | **Legal in most states. Potentially permissible in some. Prohibited in a few (FL, KY, OH, WV) | ||
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*Male partner: give allergy instructions | *Male partner: give allergy instructions | ||
*Female partner: needs pregnancy test first | *Female partner: needs pregnancy test first | ||
*MSM: need HIV test (↑HIV rate) | *MSM: need [[HIV]] test (↑HIV rate) | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:18, 29 April 2017
Background
- Treatment of sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing treatment or medications to the patient to take to his/her partner without the health care provider examining the partner.
- Decreases recurrence
- Legal in most states. Potentially permissible in some. Prohibited in a few (FL, KY, OH, WV)
Management
- Male partner: give allergy instructions
- Female partner: needs pregnancy test first
- MSM: need HIV test (↑HIV rate)