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Sex Partner Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
Infections
"Expedited Partner Therapy
provides for the treatment of sex partners of infected individuals. This
treatment can be offered without requiring partners to be tested or seen
by health care providers.
This page includes details and additional information for patients,
doctors and county health departments about Expedited Partner Therapy."
All partners of patients who test positive for Chlamydia or
Gonorrhea should be treated as if they are infected.
If a physician
takes responsibility to ensure partner treatment, the provider should
examine and treat all of the persons the patient had sex with in the
60
days prior to the date the patient was tested. If this is not possible,
patients may be given medication to give to their sex partners.
▌Health
Care Providers and Local Health Jurisdictions - Recommendations for
Expedited Partner Therapy
▌Washington
State Provider Guidelines for Patient
Delivered Therapy (PDF, 31KB)
▌CDC Review and Guidance of Expedited
Partner Therapy (PDF, 1829KB)
▌CDC
Approval of Expedited Partner Therapy - December 19, 2006 (PDF, 44KB)
▌CDC
Legal Opinion for Expedited Partner Therapy - May 11, 2005 (PDF, 44kb)
▌Washington
State Medical Quality Assurance Commission Policy Statement (PDF, 296KB)
▌Washington
State Medical Quality Assurance Meetings - Expedited Partner Therapy
(PDF 535KB)
▌Washington
State Board of Pharmacy Treating Sex Partners of Patients (PDF 754KB)
▌Washington
State Board of Pharmacy Meeting Minutes - Expedited Partner Therapy (PDF
606KB)
▌American
Medical Association Statement on Expedited Partner Therapy (PDF,
251KB)
▌Washington
State Medical Association Resolution on
Expedited Partner Treatment Therapy (PDF, 402KB)
▌American
Bar Association Recommendations for Expedited Partner Therapy (PDF,
295KB)
▌Health
Care Providers and Local Health Jurisdictions - Additional Links and
Resources
▌Sexually
Transmitted Disease Confidential Case Report Forms
▌Public
Health - Seattle and King County Sexually Transmitted Disease Resources
for Health Care Providers
▌Sexually
Transmitted Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Facilities
Listed
below are counties that will provide free medications for
patients who
test positive to give to their partner(s).
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County
Listing: Clicking
on a county name will take you to participating pharmacies
providing free
Public Health
medications for sex partner treatment. Medications can also
be obtained at the Local Health Jurisdictions listed in the
STD Diagnostic and Treatment Facilities.
(Links will work only on counties that are currently available.)
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Adams
- Expedited Partner Therapy |
Grays
Harbor - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Pierce - Expedited
Partner Therapy |
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Asotin - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Island - Expedited Partner Therapy |
San
Juan - Expedited Partner Therapy |
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Benton - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Jefferson - Expedited Partner
Therapy |
Skagit - Expedited Partner
Therapy |
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Chelan - Expedited
Partner Therapy |
King -
Expedited Partner Therapy |
Skamania -
Expedited Partner Therapy |
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Clallam - Expedited
Partner Therapy |
Kitsap - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Snohomish - Expedited Partner
Therapy |
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Clark -
Expedited
Partner Therapy |
Kittitas -
Expedited Partner Therapy |
Spokane - Expedited Partner Therapy |
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Columbia - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Klickitat - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Stevens - not available |
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Cowlitz - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Lewis -
Expedited Partner Therapy |
Thurston -
Expedited Partner Therapy |
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Douglas - Expedited
Partner Therapy |
Lincoln - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Wahkiakum - Expedited Partner
Therapy |
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Ferry - not available |
Mason - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Walla
Walla - Expedited Partner Therapy |
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Franklin - Expedited Partner
Therapy |
Okanogan - Expedited Partner
Therapy |
Whatcom - Expedited Partner Therapy |
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Garfield - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Pacific - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Whitman -
Expedited Partner Therapy |
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Grant - Expedited Partner Therapy |
Pend
Oreille - not available |
Yakima - Expedited
Partner Therapy |
Note: Links
to external Web sites are provided because they may contain relevant
information and resources. Theses Web sites are not maintained by
the Department of Health and the Department takes no responsibility for
the views that may be represented, or the accuracy, propriety, or
legality of any material contained on the sites.
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