title: Audit of outcome following positive chlamydial test results in family planning clinics in Southampton.
abstract: Chlamydia trachomatis is increasingly being identified outside of genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics, concern has been expressed about the management of these patients. An audit was undertaken on a group of women identified with chlamydia in family planning clinics (FPCs) in Southampton. Forty-seven women were identified positive over a period of one year. Fifty-nine per cent attended a GUM clinic for treatment, 15% were treated at family planning clinics or by their general practitioners (GPs) but 26% remained untreated. The median time from knowing the positive result to attending GUM was more than 3 weeks in 27%. In those that attended GUM, 44% had an associated genital infection and 79% of named sexual partners were traced. As a result of the audit, a new protocol has been introduced in the family planning clinics for the management of women found to have chlamydia.
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Genito-Urinary Medicine, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Willmott
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tolcher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit