Contact tracing in a regional sexual health clinic: audit outcomes and implications for sexually transmissible infection control

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate contact tracing outcomes in a regional sexual health clinic (SHC) and to investigate contact tracing outcome measures.

Make contact: a comparative study of contact tracing strategies

“…14 In an audit of a regional SHC the TI for index cases with chlamydia was 0.69. 15 The NI and TI from the PIP were higher than the audit, reflecting the different methodology. They are considerably higher than the majority of NIs (range 0.52-1.49) and TIs (range 0.32-1.13) reported for partner notification interventions for men with chlamydia in the USA.…”

“…13 In a remote area of Australia, a TI of 0.88 was calculated from 192 index cases with an STL 14 In an audit of a regional SHC the TI for index cases with chlamydia was 0.69. 15…”

A cross sectional study of how people diagnosed with a bacterial sexually transmitted infection inform their partners

“…Past partners are generally poorly notified by patients 18 19. Australian data demonstrate that current regular partners are confirmed as treated twice as often as past partners, despite patients reporting more past partners than regular partners 17. The reason for considering a partner uncontactable was not investigated in this study but lack of contact details, misperceptions about risk, oral or anonymous contacts of MSM, casual partners of men and incarcerated partners of women have been shown to reduce the ability to contact partners 4.…”

Chlamydia trachomatis in Tasmania 2001–2007: rising notification trends

“…If disclosure is an issue, this has implications for effective contact tracing. Patient referral is used for almost all contact tracing, 37 and patient reluctance has been found previously to be the most common barrier to contact tracing for sexually transmitted infections 38 …”

“…If disclosure is an issue, this has implications for effective contact tracing. Patient referral is used for almost all contact tracing, 37 and patient reluctance has been found previously to be the most common barrier to contact tracing for sexually transmitted infections. 38 Although the majority of cases had their infection diagnosed through a general practitioner, the range and the differences between the sexes and across age groups in choice of healthcare provider highlights the importance of the availability of a variety of services.…”