title: 'Yes wee can' - a nurse-driven asymptomatic screening program for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in a remote emergency department.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A nurse-driven, urine-based screening program for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamyida trachomatis was conducted in a remote emergency department targeting asymptomatic youth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Individuals who presented to the Emergency Department with non-genitourinary complaints between the ages of 16 and 34 were offered free opportunistic urinary testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 178 eligible patients were offered screening, 65% consented for testing and 14 patients (12%) returned positive results, with 10 diagnoses of chlamydia, 9 of gonorrhoea and 5 with both.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emergency departments are an underutilised interface between difficult to reach at risk youth populations and public health services.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mossenson
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Algie
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olding
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garton
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reeve
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000652:urine; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014904:Western Australia; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial