'Yes wee can'- a nurse-driven asymptomatic screening program for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in a remote emergency department

Adam Mossenson; Kathryn Algie; Melanie Olding; Linda Garton; Carole Reeve

doi:10.1071/SH11064

'Yes wee can'- a nurse-driven asymptomatic screening program for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in a remote emergency department

Adam Mossenson, Kathryn Algie, Melanie Olding, Linda Garton, Carole Reeve

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Background: A nurse-driven, urine-based screening program for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamyida trachomatis was conducted in a remote emergency department targeting asymptomatic youth. Methods: Individuals who presented to the Emergency Department with non-genitourinary complaints between the ages of 16 and 34 were offered free opportunistic urinary testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia. Results: In total, 178 eligible patients were offered screening, 65% consented for testing and 14 patients (12%) returned positive results, with 10 diagnoses of chlamydia, 9 of gonorrhoea and 5 with both. Discussion: Emergency departments are an underutilised interface between difficult to reach at risk youth populations and public health services.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	194-195
Number of pages	2
Journal	Sexual Health
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/SH11064
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Australia
opportunistic testing
STI

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