ArticleInternational journal of STD & AIDS2018
Rapid testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections improve patient care and yield public health benefits.
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- Multiplexed technologies for sexually transmitted infections: global evidence on patient-centered and clinical health outcomes.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
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- Diagnosing sexually transmitted infections in resource-constrained settings: challenges and ways forward.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Pooled it
- Beyond behavioural change: prioritising structural solutions to control bacterial sexually transmitted infections.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Review
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- What can be learnt from a qualitative evaluation of implementing a rapid sexual health testing, diagnosis and treatment service?BMJ open · 2021Article
- Molecular prevalence of eight different sexually transmitted infections in a Lebanese major tertiary care center: impact on public health.International journal of molecular epidemiology and genetics · 2021Article
- Modelling patient flows and resource use within a sexual health clinic through discrete event simulation to inform service redesign.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Potential for Point-of-Care Tests to Reduce Chlamydia-associated Burden in the United States: A Mathematical Modeling Analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020Article
- HIV diagnoses continue to fall at 56 Dean Street.EClinicalMedicine · 2020Article
- Safety and Effectiveness of Same-Day Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Screening and Treatment Among Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Homeless Youth in Los Angeles, California, and New Orleans, Louisiana.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
A service evaluation of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) testing and result notification in patients attending a rapid testing service (Dean Street Express [DSE]) compared with those attending an existing 'standard' sexual health clinic (56 Dean Street [56DS]), and modelling the impact of the new service from 1 June 2014 to 31 May 2015. PRIMARY OUTCOME: time from patients' sample collection to notification of test results at DSE compared with 56DS. Secondary outcomes estimated using a model: number of transmissions prevented and the number of new partner visits avoided and associated cost savings achieved due to rapid testing at DSE. In 2014/15, there were a total of 81,352 visits for CT/NG testing across 56DS (21,086) and DSE (60,266). Rapid testing resulted in a reduced mean time to notification of 8.68 days: 8.95 days for 56DS (95% CI 8.91-8.99) compared to 0.27 days for DSE (95% CI 0.26-0.28). Our model estimates that rapid testing at DSE would lead to 196 CT and/or NG transmissions prevented (2.5-97.5% centile range = 6-956) and lead to annual savings attributable to reduced numbers of partner attendances of £124,283 (2.5-97.5% centile range = £4260-590,331). DSE, a rapid testing service for asymptomatic infections, delivers faster time to result notification for CT and/or NG which enables faster treatment, reduces infectious periods and leads to fewer transmissions, partner attendances and clinic costs.
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