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Commentary on "Effectiveness of an Urban Emergency Department Call-Back System in the Successful Linkage to Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections"
Abstract
In this issue of the Southern Medical Journal, Lolar and colleagues studied an emergency department (ED) setting with a policy that all patients with symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are treated.1 Asymptomatic patients who were tested and not treated in the ED were entered into a call-back system by registration personnel. These patients were informed by nursing staff on discharge that they would be contacted by telephone or letter if their test results were positive for STIs.This content is limited to qualifying members.
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References
1. Lolar SA, Sherwin RL, Robinson DM, et al. Effectiveness of an urban emergency department call-back system in the successful linkage to treatment of sexually transmitted infections. South Med J 2015;108:268-273.
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