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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[http://www.cdc.gov/std/ept/legal/default.htm CDC: Legal Status of EPT by state] | |||
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Revisión del 19:09 6 feb 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
Management
- Male partner: give allergy instructions
- Female partner: needs pregnancy test first
- MSM: need HIV test (↑HIV rate)
See Also
CDC: Legal Status of EPT by state