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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
* | *treatment 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 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) | ||
Revision as of 06:25, 1 August 2016
Background
- treatment 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 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)