Expert opinion estimates of desirable outcome standards
| Source | Gonorrhoea quality indicators | Chlamydia quality indicators | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cure | Partner notification | Treatment | Partner notification | |||||||
| x (%) | y (weeks) | x (%) | y (weeks) | x (%) | y (weeks) | x (%) | y (weeks) | |||
| National and regional organisations | ||||||||||
| Genitourinary Nurses Association | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Society for Health Advisers for STD | — | — | 0.5 partners/case | 4 | — | — | 0.7 partners/case | 12 | ||
| NW Thames AGUM | — | — | — | — | 75 | 6 | 50% of traceable partners | 8 | ||
| North West AGUM | 95 | 4 | 0.5 partners/case | 4 | 95 | 4 | 0.5 partners/case | 4 | ||
| London clinics | ||||||||||
| 11 responses | 70–100 | 1–6 | 0.5–1 partner/case or partners of 50–80% | 3–6 | 10 responses | 75–100 | 4 | 0.7–1 partner/case or partners of 50–80% | 4 | |
| Outside London clinics | ||||||||||
| 15 responses | 70–100 | 1–4 | 1 partner/case or partners of 65% | 4 | 4 responses | 70–95 | 3–6 | 1 partner/case or partners of 50–70% | 3–12 | |