Open AccessA Collaborative Intervention Between Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases to Increase Syphilis and HIV Screening in the Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Ashley A Lipps,
José A. Bazan,
Mark Lustberg,
Mohammad Mahdee Sobhanie,
Brandon Pollak,
Kushal Nandam,
Susan L. Koletar,
Sommer Lindsey,
Michael Dick,
Carlos Malvestutto
Publication year - 2021
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.0000000000001496
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , chlamydia , gonorrhea , emergency department , sexually transmitted disease , incidence (geometry) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , psychiatry , physics , optics
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a common reason for evaluation in the emergency department (ED). Given the overlapping risk factors for STIs, patients screened for gonorrhea and chlamydia should be tested for syphilis and HIV. Syphilis and HIV testing rates in the ED have been reported to be low. The study objective was to examine whether collaboration between emergency medicine (EM) and infectious disease (ID) providers improved syphilis and HIV testing in the ED.