Chlamydial partner notification in the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) 2011 UK national audit against the BASHH Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health Sexually Transmitted Infections Management Standards

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 748-752

  McClean, Hugo ^a   Carne, C A ^a   Sullivan, A K ^a   Radcliffe, K W ^a   Ahmed Jushuf, I ^a  

^a ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Chlamydia trachomatis; Partner notification; Quality of health care; Sexually transmitted infections; UK

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIAL PARTNER NOTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOUNDATIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MEDICAL AUDIT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

EID: 84868120877     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2012.012035     Document Type: Article

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