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- Title
How long should clinicians spend sampling the pharynx for gonorrhoea culture specimens?
- Authors
Stuart, Sarah; Richardson, Daniel; Iwuji, Collins; Soni, Suneeta
- 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.
- Subjects
GONORRHEA; PHARYNX; MEDICAL personnel; SEXUALLY transmitted diseases
- Publication
Sexual Health (14485028), 2022, Vol 19, Issue 1, p74
- ISSN
1448-5028
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1071/SH21203