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STI Clinical Guidance

What to know

These resources provide clinical guidance on STI screening, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as how to communicate with patients about sexual health.

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Links

2021 STI Treatment Guidelines – CDC's clinical guidance on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Available online, a wall chart, and pocket guide.

Screening Recommendations – An easy-to-scan chart of screening recommendations broken out by disease and patient population.

Recommendations for Providing Quality STD Clinical Services (STD QCS) – A companion piece to the STI Treatment Guidelines, this CDC report highlights services health care settings can offer to help optimize STI care.

Guide to Taking a Sexual History – A booklet to help start open conversations with patients and deliver risk-reduction counseling.

Reducing Rising Syphilis Rates: A Healthcare Provider's Role – A video describing the three key actions that providers can take to address the rising syphilis rates: Talk, Test, and Treat.

Syphilis Pocket Guide for Providers – A booklet containing details on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of syphilis.

County-Level Syphilis Rates – These data show the syphilis burden in your county, which can help determine which patients might need to be tested.

National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH) – resources:

HIV Nexus Clinician Resources – A one-stop location for information across the HIV continuum, including tools and guidelines for your practice and educational materials for your patients.