Emergency contraception given via a patient group direction.
The aim of this audit was to evaluate the effectiveness of a patient group direction (PGD) for nurses issuing the emergency contraceptive Levonelle-2 within a sexual health clinic. The PGD was designed to increase the accessibility of emergency contraception for women, not only minimising the time they needed to spend in the clinic, but also reducing the time at which the emergency contraception was taken after unprotected intercourse, which is an important factor in efficacy rates.
D003267:Contraception; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014932:Women's Health Services