Abstract:
:Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) is the practice of treating the partners of patients with sexually transmitted infections by providing medications for the patient to deliver to his or her sexual partner (s) without direct clinical assessment of the partner(s). EPT is an evidence-based option that can augment existing partner management strategies. For military health care providers, questions still loom as to the pragmatic medical, legal, and ethical uncertainties of EPT use in military populations. These issues, in addition to the absence of an explicit Department of Defense EPT policy may dissuade military clinicians from fully employing EPT to prevent reinfection and inhibit additional disease transmission in their patients. To advance the notion that EPT could not only be an efficient but also a vital measure to decrease the high sexually transmitted disease burden, this report highlights existing approaches utilized by military providers to treat partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia and/or gonorrhea, benefits of using EPT in military populations, and specific challenges of implementing an EPT program. This report asserts that now is the time to "push the conversation" on the use of EPT as a viable choice for military providers.
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Mil Medjournal_title
Military medicineauthors
Stidham RA,Garges EC,Knapp SAdoi
10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00590subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-08-01 00:00:00pages
876-81issue
8eissn
0026-4075issn
1930-613Xjournal_volume
180pub_type
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