Partner management for sexually transmissible infections: better options and guidelines please

Partner management for sexually transmissible infections: better options and guidelines please.

A cornerstone in the control of sexually transmissible infection (STIs) includes the testing and treatment of sexual partners of patients diagnosed with treatable STIs – widely referred to as partner notification or contact tracing. At its most basic level, partner notification simply involves a clinician discussing with a patient the need for partners to be tested and treated appropriately. Te...

BASHH statement on partner notification for sexually transmissible infections

2012 BASHH statement on partner notification for sexually transmissible infections.

1. Summary of key principles 2. Partner notification 3. Aim 4. Audience 5. Competency in PN provision 6. Offering PN 7. Infections for which PN should be offered and look-back intervals 8. Table showing look-back intervals for partner notification and where epidemiological treatment is recommended 9. Agreed contact actions 10. PN resolution 11. Legal issues regarding sharing of information betw...

Sexually transmissible infections in MSM

Although gay men in Sydney are generally well-informed about HIV and their own serostatus, their knowledge of other sexually transmissible infections (STIs)—including their own infection and vaccination history— appears to be much lower, according to an ongoing study of HIV-negative gay men. These findings suggest a need for more education around STIs to complement recently-introduced guideline...

What's new in management of sexually transmitted infections? Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2006 Edition.

This article highlights the changes that have occurred during the revision process of the 1998 Canadian STD Guidelines. The complete Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2006 edition and the companion document, Quick Reference: Canadian STI Guidelines are available on the web in HTML and PDF format at the following website: www.publichealth.gc.ca/sti. Hard copies may be avail...