title: Improved partner notification for genital chlamydia can be achieved by centralisation of the duty to a specially trained team.
abstract: Partner notification is mandatory for Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Sweden. A significant quality improvement of partner notification for genital chlamydia was achieved by increasing the skills and reducing the number of individuals conducting partner notifications. By centralisation of the partner notification to a specially trained team of nurses, an additional 12% of genital chlamydia cases were found. Routine partner notification achieved a score of 3.3 notified partners per index case, and shows how important this activity is for detection of asymptomatic chlamydia infections in the community.
authors.affiliation: Department for Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, County of Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden anders.osterlund@nll.se.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osterlund
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016358:Contact Tracing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Chlamydia trachomatis; Contact tracing; genital chlamydia; partner notification; sexually transmitted infections