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Improving adherence to STI screening standards at long-acting reversible contraception appointments: impact of clinical audit over 24 months
  1. Farkhanda Akhtar,
  2. John Evans-Jones
  1. Cheshire West and Chester Sexual Health Services, HCRG Care Group, Runcorn, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr John Evans-Jones, Cheshire West and Chester Sexual Health Services, HCRG Care Group, Runcorn, UK; john.evans-jones{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2024-056290

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    In this study, we evaluated the offer of sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening tests at appointments for fitting and removal of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in relation to the UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) auditable outcomes. The FSRH indicates a standard of 97% for ‘The proportion of sexually active women requesting LARC who are offered sexually transmitted infection screening’.1 LARC methods include both intrauterine and subdermal implant …

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    • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

    • Contributors FPA suggested the topic and collected the data. JGE-J contributed to data collection and wrote the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.