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Blog category: Clinical tips

Addressing sexual health-related anxiety among sexual health service users

Feb 10, 2021 by Sarah Watt, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Background

Anxiety and other mental health concerns are common among people accessing sexual health services, many of whom are not connected to mental health supports(1). A team of researchers from the BC Centre for Disease...

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Categories: Clinical tips, New knowledge

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BCCDC Public Health Laboratory Update: STIBBI Serological Specimens

Aug 23, 2019 by BCCDC Public Health Laboratory

Given recent changes in testing methods and lab procedures, the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory (PHL) has made processing of STIBBI serological specimens more efficient.

When drawing blood for any or all of the...

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Categories: Clinical tips, Current practice

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Partner notification and management for infectious syphilis in BC

Apr 12, 2017 by Troy Grennan, Medical Head STI/HIV Control, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

Background

Rates of syphilis have increased dramatically over the last decade, both in British Columbia and internationally. In BC, the increase in 2015 was much higher than in previous years: 761 new infectious syphilis cases...

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Categories: Clinical tips

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Ask Dr. Grennan! Answers to health provider questions about STIs

Aug 16, 2016 by Dr. Troy Grennan, Physician Lead, STI/HIV Program, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

“My patient had a positive Neisseria gonorrhoeae urine nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), but a negative Chlamydia trachomatis NAAT.  Why do I have to treat for both?”

The treatment of choice for...

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Clinician alert: Provincial increase in syphilis cases

Mar 31, 2016 by Troy Grennan, Medical Head, STI/HIV Control, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

The rate of infectious syphilis in BC increased significantly from 11.9 per 100,000 in 2014, to 16.2 per 100,000 in 2015.

Like many jurisdictions, BC has observed an increase in infectious syphilis rates since 2010. However, this...

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