Background/introduction Effective management of victims of sexual assault is important to encourage people to report abuse and receive care. BASHH provide guidance on management of sexually assaulted patients. We reviewed case notes of 36 patients who were treated for sexual assault.

Aim(s)/objectives

• To identify demographic characteristics of sexually assaulted victims attending the clinic.

• To understand how we meet the BASHH guidance (2011) in the management of sexual assaults.

• To assess the usefulness of locally used template for cases of sexual assault

Methods Case notes of 36 patients treated for sexual assault who attended the clinic from January 2013 to March 2014 were reviewed. A questionnaire was designed to collect data and the data was analysed using Microsoft excel.

Results 44 case notes were identified but 36 cases fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Of the 14 auditable outcomes, only documentation of essential criteria (standard 1) reached the 100% standard and six achieved above 75% of the expected standard of 100%. These include documentation of physical injuries, self-harm risk assessment, offer of emergency contraception, offer of active vaccination against Hepatitis B and assessment of child protection need. Offer of baseline STI screening was documented in 72%. Poor documentation of BASHH criteria on further referral for physical injuries (33%) and repeat testing for STIs (36%) were identified.

Discussion/conclusion Importance of complete documentation on sexual assault cases should be emphasised. Reviewing the sexual assault template to capture all necessary information was identified as a result of this audit.