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UK National Audit of Early Syphilis Management. Clinics audit: screening for and management of early syphilis

McClean, H; Daniels, D; Carne, C; Bunting, P; Miller, R; (2006) UK National Audit of Early Syphilis Management. Clinics audit: screening for and management of early syphilis. International Journal of STD & AIDS , 17 (5) pp. 344-348. 10.1258/095646206776790204. Green open access

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Abstract

Data were provided by 131 clinics, and 56% of cases were managed in clinics in the London regions in 2003. Three clinics (2%) do not routinely screen new patients for syphilis, and 28 clinics (21%) do not routinely screen ‘rebook’ patients who have had a new partner. More than 80% of clinics routinely conduct cardiovascular and neurological examinations, although chest radiography is only performed by 50% of clinics and lumbar puncture by 13%. Only 19 (14%) clinics indicated not routinely using the recommended procaine penicillin G (PPG) regimen or one- or two-dose benzathine penicillin G (BPG) regimens for early syphilis, with 57% providing two doses of BPG 2.4 g, 40% providing PPG 750 mg for 10 days, and 15% providing one dose of BPG 2.4 g. Only seven clinics (5%) indicated that they provided treatment for early syphilis with PPG that is inferior to that recommended in the national guidelines. Only 18 clinics specified using the recommended dose and duration (or in excess of this) of PPG for neurosyphilis for cases with HIV infection. Provision for management of severe penicillin reaction is good, although few patients are desensitized. All clinics report that contact tracing for early syphilis is provided, and is mainly the responsibility of health advisers. Compared with auditing outcomes, audit of management policies overestimated performance in contact tracing and provision of dark ground microscopy.

Type: Article
Title: UK National Audit of Early Syphilis Management. Clinics audit: screening for and management of early syphilis
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1258/095646206776790204
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/095646206776790204
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Syphilis, medical audit, nursing audit, syphilis serodiagnosis, drug therapy, contact tracing, drug hypersensitivity
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1532989
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