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Gonorrhoea - Goals and outcome measures
Goals
- To refer all people for management at a genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinic or a general practice providing enhanced sexual health services where possible
- When referral to a GUM clinic is not possible:
- To treat laboratory-confirmed gonorrhoea
- To swab and treat empirically people with suspected gonorrhoea
- To give information and advice about gonorrhoea and sexual health
- To notify and manage the person's sexual partners
- To follow up people after treatment for gonorrhoea
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