Clinical effectiveness and analytical quality of a national point-of-care testing network for sexually transmitted infections integrated into rural and remote primary care clinics in Australia, 2016-2022: an observational program evaluation.

To address inequitable diagnostic access and improve time-to-treatment for First Nations peoples, molecular point-of-care (POC) testing for chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas was integrated into 49 primary care clinics across Australia. We conducted an observational evaluation to determine clinic...

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Published in:The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
Main Authors: Causer, Louise M, Ward, James, Smith, Kirsty, Saha, Amit, Andrewartha, Kelly, Wand, Handan, Hengel, Belinda, Badman, Steven G, Tangey, Annie, Matthews, Susan, Mak, Donna, Gunathilake, Manoji, Moore, Elizabeth, Speers, David, Persing, David, Anderson, David, Whiley, David, Maher, Lisa, Regan, David, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher, Kaldor, John, Shephard, Mark, Guy, Rebecca
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PubMed Central 2024
Subjects:
Chlamydia
Clinical effectiveness
Gonorrhoea
Implementation
POC testing
Scaling up
Sexually transmitted infections
Trichomoniasis
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101110
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38952441
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11215331/
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Summary:To address inequitable diagnostic access and improve time-to-treatment for First Nations peoples, molecular point-of-care (POC) testing for chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas was integrated into 49 primary care clinics across Australia. We conducted an observational evaluation to determine clinical effectiveness and analytical quality of POC testing delivered through this national program.

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