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*Tx sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing rx or medications to the patient to take to his/her partner without the health care provider examining the partner. | *Tx sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing rx 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 others | **Legal in most states. Potentially permissible in others | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 6 February 2016
Background
- Tx sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing rx 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 others