Improving STI Treatment
EPT, infections
REINFECTION, SEQUELAE, INFECTIONS
Many participants noted the public health benefit of EPT and the unique role the ED has in caring for underserved patients. Most remarked that it was important for EDs, in general, to prevent STI reinfection and that EPT is effective in preventing STI reinfection in ED patients.I think this could be really helpful to lots of EDs; we see limited encounters for this indication, but for those we do see it has the potential to be very valuable especially if we bring this to patients in a non-judgmental way. [EPT is] very important - we see lots of folks that don’t have a primary care doctor or gynecologist. We have the opportunity to educate, treat, [and] prevent the long-term sequelae of these types of infections. (Participant 9)