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How long should clinicians spend sampling the pharynx for gonorrhoea culture specimens?

Authors :
Sarah Stuart
Daniel Richardson
Collins Iwuji
Suneeta Soni
Source :
Sexual Health. 19:74-75
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
CSIRO Publishing, 2021.

Abstract

There are few data on the length of time clinicians should take sampling the pharynx to optimise the sensitivity of gonorrhoea culture specimens and we aimed to gain a consensus on sampling time. The estimated mean time clinicians reported that they spent sampling the pharynx for gonorrhoea culture specimens was 4.63 s (s.d. ± 2.04). There was no significant difference in sampling times between clinicians who had worked in sexual health for over and under 10 years, (4.7 (s.d. ±2.02) vs 4.6 (s.d. ± 2.3); P = 0.45). We are now using these findings to design an educational tool with the aim of improving pharyngeal gonorrhoea culture sensitivity.

Details

ISSN :
14498987 and 14485028
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Sexual Health
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1b2c6b802f0a3f5a232a52a78c76f612
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1071/sh21203