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Contraception - emergency - Management
What issues other than emergency contraception need to be addressed?
- Offer to arrange ongoing contraception if appropriate — see the CKS topic on Contraception. If the woman does not want long-term contraception, consider advance provision of levonorgestrel emergency contraception.
- For women at higher risk for sexually transmitted infection, offer advice, one to one discussion about preventing sexually transmitted infection, and testing (for Chlamydia trachomatis at a minimum if an intrauterine device is to be inserted).
- Refer or manage adolescents or women who have been abused, or who are at risk for sexual abuse, or who are particularly vulnerable.
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