Open AccessOpt-Out, Routine Emergency Department Syphilis Screening as a Novel Intervention in At-Risk Populations
Author(s) -
Kimberly A. Stanford,
Aniruddha Hazra,
Eleanor E. Friedman,
Samantha Devlin,
Nolan Winkler,
Jessica P Ridgway,
John A. Schneider
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001311
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , emergency department , population , odds ratio , sexually transmitted disease , confidence interval , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , environmental health , psychiatry
With syphilis rates rising rapidly in the United States, novel means of reaching high-risk populations for screening and treatment are needed. Building on successful models for emergency department (ED) HIV screening, a routine opt-out syphilis screening program was implemented in a large, urban, tertiary care hospital ED in May 2019. This study aims to assess the prevalence of syphilis in this population and to evaluate the routine, opt-out syphilis screening model.