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Following concerns about asymptomatic people having to wait 2-3 weeks for a standard appointment for screening a new 'I'm OK?' drop-in, nurse-led clinic for the worried well was devised and evaluated after the first 21 weeks (509 patients). Without overt advertising the clinic has run to near capacity and has proved popular, with 98% stating that they would attend such a clinic in the future. The chlamydia detection rate was 9% in women and 4% in men, with one case of asymptomatic rectal gonorrhoea and two of HIV infection diagnosed allowing early treatment intervention. HIV testing was accepted by 94% of attendees and initial hepatitis B vaccination by 93% of homosexual/bisexual men. This approach deflects such routine cases, potentially allowing increased time at standard clinic sessions for those with clinical problems staffed by more experienced nurses and doctors. Its success has encouraged us to develop this concept as a cost-effective way of addressing 48-hour genitourinary medicine access.
Author(s): Handy P, Pattman RS, Richards J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of STD and AIDS
Year: 2006
Volume: 17
Issue: 10
Pages: 677-680
ISSN (print): 0956-4624
ISSN (electronic): 1758-1052
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/095646206780071027
DOI: 10.1258/095646206780071027
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