Using Patient-Provided Information to Refine Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Criteria Among Women Presenting in the Emergency Department

Wiley D Jenkins; Regina Kovach; Brittany J Wold; Whitney E Zahnd

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31826e882f

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Using Patient-Provided Information to Refine Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Criteria Among Women Presenting in the Emergency Department

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Using Patient-Provided Information to Refine Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Criteria Among Women Presenting in the Emergency Department

Wiley D Jenkins, Regina Kovach, Brittany J Wold and Whitney E Zahnd

Sexually transmitted diseases, Vol.39(12), pp.965-967

2012

DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31826e882f

PMID: 23191951

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ABSTRACT: Emergency department patients are at increased risk for infection with chlamydia and gonorrhea, but routine screening of asymptomatic patients is problematic. Limiting screening to patients answering the affirmative to 2 questions would reduce the number of tests administered by 51.9%, increase the tested population prevalence to 15.7%, and still identify 82.8% of those infected. © 2012 American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association.All rights reserved.

Infectious Diseases

Biological and medical sciences

Epidemiology. Vaccinations

General aspects

Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models

Medical sciences

Prevention and actions

Public health. Hygiene

Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine

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Title: Subtitle: Using Patient-Provided Information to Refine Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Criteria Among Women Presenting in the Emergency Department
Creators: Wiley D Jenkins - Research and Program Development, Family and Community Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States
Regina Kovach - Division of Emergency Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States
Brittany J Wold - Center for Clinical Research, and, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States
Whitney E Zahnd - Center for Clinical Research, and, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Sexually transmitted diseases, Vol.39(12), pp.965-967
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31826e882f
PMID: 23191951
ISSN: 0148-5717
eISSN: 1537-4521
Language: English
Date published: 2012
Academic Unit: Health Management and Policy
Record Identifier: 9984214675502771

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