Bugs, Drugs, Dollars and Tests - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 105
About This Presentation
Title:

Bugs, Drugs, Dollars and Tests

Description:

Bugs, Drugs, Dollars and Tests. Making the Most of Scarce Resources ... Positivity includes all testing Jan 2002 - June 2003; 46841 CT tests, 25128 GC tests ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:50
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 106
Provided by: dstd6
Category:
Tags: bugs | dollars | drugs | tests

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Bugs, Drugs, Dollars and Tests


1
(No Transcript)
2
Bugs, Drugs, Dollars and Tests
  • Making the Most of Scarce Resources for Chlamydia
    and Gonorrhea Screening and Treatment

3
Gonorrhea Rates by sex United States,
19812002 and the Healthy People 2010 objective
4
Chlamydia - Rates by sex United States, 19842002
5
Median Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Positivity among
Women 15-24 tested in Family Planning Clinics
across the US, 2000-2002
Percent
Source CDC Surveillance Reports, 2000-2002
6
Median Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Positivity among
Women 16-24 entering the National Job Training
Program, 2000-2002
Percent
Source CDC Surveillance Reports, 2000-2002
7
Whats wrong with this picture?
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Tests
24.1 million CT tests 24.8 million GC tests
Chlamydia Infections
Gonorrhea Infections
Reported 834,555 Estimate 2.8 million
Reported 351,852 Estimate 718,000
Reported To CDC in 2002
8
Food for Thought
  • Are data driving program funding decisions?
    (cost-effectiveness, prevalence, access, risk)
  • How does history/tradition/politics influence
    funding decisions?
  • What are our program goals?
  • How can programs optimize resource allocation for
    optimal disease intervention?

9
  • Objectives of the Session
  • Present cost effectiveness data of different
    screening and treatment strategies
  • Discuss how programs have used data to improve
    screening coverage and increase screening
    criteria adherence
  • Demonstrate how screening and cost data can
    influence program strategies and funding
    allocations

10
Presenters
  • Dorothy Gunter, CDC
  • Bartholomew Abban, CDC
  • Beth Butler, Pennsylvania DOH
  • Bobbie McDonald, Wisconsin State Laboratory of
    Hygiene
  • Thomas L. Gift, CDC
  • Lisa Schamus, Arizona Family Planning Council
  • Charlotte Kent, San Francisco DOPH

11
(No Transcript)
12
A Unified Optimal Resource Allocation Model for
Screening and Treating Chlamydia Trachomatis and
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Among Asymptomatic Women
  • Bartholomew Abban
  • Research Fellow
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

13
Study Objective
  • Determine the optimal combination of screening
    coverage, test selection and treatment for CT and
    GC in asymptomatic women specifically
  • At what prevalence is it cost-saving to screen a
    population for CT or GC?
  • Is it more beneficial to screen with more
    sensitive but more expensive tests?
  • Is presumptive treatment cost-saving?

14
Clinical Management Decision
15
Clinical Management Decision
Model Variables
  • Prevalence, by age group
  • Rate of dual infection, by age group
  • Test performance parameters and cost
  • Treatment efficacy and cost
  • Sequelae costs

16
Clinical Alternatives Considered
For each risk-group the following strategies are
possible
  • Screen and treat for CT only
  • Screen and treat for GC only
  • Screen and treat for both CT and GC
  • Screen and treat for CT only and presumptively
    treat for GC
  • Screen for and treat for GC only and
    presumptively treat for CT

17
Methods
  • The optimal strategy was defined as one that
    maximized
  • the number of women cured or
  • the cost-saving value (cost of averted PID minus
    screening and treatment costs for CT and/or GC)
  • Selective screening based on readily ascertained
    risk-factor Age
  • 4 tests each for CT and GC, including dual
    test(s)
  • 2 treatment regimens for CT and 3 for GC
  • A mixed integer optimization model for a
    hypothetical cohort of 1000 asymptomatic women

18
Model Assumptions
  • All women who visited the clinic lacked symptoms
    of CT and GC infections
  • A strategy could allow the screening of selected
    age groups or all patients
  • Return rate for treatment was assumed to be the
    same for all age groups
  • Test and treatment for each infection were the
    same for all age groups

19
Test Positivity at which Screening is Cost-saving
  • Sensitive to PID cost

20
Results FP Clinic
CT (2.3 - 10.6), GC (0.4 - 1.2), GC with CT
(30.0 - 46.0)
All costs in US dollars (2003) BDPT Becton
Dickinson Probe Tec Optimal cost-saving
strategy pres. presumptively treat
21
Results STD Clinic
CT (3.0 12.5), GC (2.0 8.1), GC with CT
(20.0 45.5)
All costs in US dollars (2003) BDPT Becton
Dickinson Probe Tec Optimal cost-saving
strategy pres. presumptively treat
22
Limitations
  • The alternative of screening and treating for CT
    and screening CT-positives for GC was not
    considered
  • Published range of values for direct cost
    attributable to PID is wide (1,433 5,000)
  • Repeat infections were not considered
  • STD positivity among asymptomatic women may be
    lower than reported values

23
Conclusions
  • Optimal control strategy varies with CT and GC
    positivity, CT-GC co-infection rates, total
    program budget, test costs and PID cost
  • A switch from one test to another may not yield
    significant change in number of cures
  • Influence of treatment cost on overall program
    cost is minimal
  • The optimal control strategy from a cost-saving
    perspective and from a number-of-cures
    perspective may vary
  • The model provides a flexible tool to analyze
    different scenarios when identifying a control
    strategy for CT, GC or both

24
Acknowledgements
  • Guoyu Tao
  • Tom Gift
  • Kathleen L. Irwin
  • Dorothy Gunter
  • Susan DeLisle
  • Stuart Berman
  • Susan Wang
  • Debra Mosure
  • Robert Johnson
  • Bobbie McDonald

25
(No Transcript)
26
To Screen or Not to Screen Pennsylvanias Reality
  • Beth Butler
  • Infertility Prevention Program Coordinator
  • Pennsylvania Department of Health
  • STD Program

27
A Snapshot of Pennsylvania(exclusive of
Philadelphia)
  • The PA Project Area is comprised of STD, Family
    Planning, and Integrated FP/STD clinics
  • About 70 of of the STD clinics are integrated
    into Family Planning Sites
  • STD Clinics
  • Majority of clinics are contracted providers.
  • Contracts require patients to be screened for
    gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis
  • County and Municipal Health Departments and State
    Health Centers are covered under the same statute

28
STD Testing in Pennsylvania
  • STD Clinics, County and Municipal Health
    Departments, and Integrated STD Clinic sites
    provide universal testing to STD patients who
    come in for free and confidential STD testing
  • Communicable Disease Act in PA
  • requires all those who present in an STD Clinic
    to receive STD services

29
What the STD Data Demonstrate
  • 46,431 females were tested for chlamydia in STD
    clinics in 2002
  • 5,624 females over age 30 were tested in STD
    clinics in 2002
  • 12.1 of the females tested in STD clinics were
    over 30 years of age

30
Female Universal Chlamydia Screening in STD
Clinics (Region III IPP Database 2002)
lt30 40,807 tests 1,724 pos gt30
5,624 tests 79 pos
4.22
3.88
1.40
31
Family Planning Screening
  • Family Planning clinics participating in the
    Region III Infertility Prevention Project screen
    patients who come into the clinic seeking other
    medical attention (such as birth control and
    annual exam)
  • The screening criteria applied to Family Planning
    patient screening is currently
  • All women under age 30 who receive a pelvic exam
    should be routinely screened

32
What the FP Data Demonstrate
  • 79,749 female Family Planning patients were
    screened for chlamydia in 2002
  • 10,009 female Family Planning patients over age
    30 were screened in 2002
  • 12.5 of the total female Family Planning
    patients screened were beyond the current
    screening criteria

33
Female Family Planning Positivity Data (Region
III IPP Database 2002)
Percent
34
The Cost of Screening Outside the Screening
Criteria in Family Planning
  • 10,009 tests _at_ 11.90 per test 109,107
    (includes all costs associated with analyzing
    amplified CT/GC combination tests at the contract
    lab)
  • The positivity in this group is 1.18
  • 118 positives were detected
  • Increased chance of giving a false positive test
    result

35
Cost of Diagnostic Testing
  • The goal is to reduce the percentage of screening
    over 30 from its current level of approx 12 to
    5 allowing for diagnostic testing of this
    groupdue to risk factors, clinician discretion,
    and the like
  • If only 5 were over 30, approximately 4,000
    specimens would be collected at a cost of 47,600
  • Overall testing costs could decrease by 61,507
  • The cost savings could be used for screening more
    significantly at risk populations

36
Project Area Goals for Screening
  • Utilizing Region III IPP Data, reduce the
    screening criteria to under 25 years of age in
    clinics with low positivity (under 1.0) in the
    25-29 year old age range
  • Lower the percentage of female patients in family
    planning screened for chlamydia beyond the
    screening criteria to 5

37
Why 5 Above the Criteria
  • 5 is an initial benchmark for the PA Project
    Area
  • It is not feasible to completely cut out
    screening above the criteria
  • This allows for clinician discretion and ability
    to make choices for their clients
  • Future data will determine where the benchmark
    will go

38
Our Process so Far
  • Family Planning Agencies have distributed clinic
    by clinic data regarding screening outside the
    criteria to IPP participating clinics
  • Training has been conducted by Family Planning
    Agencies to make clinics aware of the costs of
    screening outside the criteria
  • Memos have been sent to clinics reminding FP
    clinics to adhere to the screening criteria
  • At site visits, the clinicians and managers are
    reminded of the screening criteria

39
Examination of Data
  • The project area partners met in July 2003 to
    discuss the screening data
  • It was found that the 2002 data were
    missing some positives
  • The data need to be clean and inclusive before
    it can be used for planning purposes
  • The project area partners made a commitment to
    examine data issues and quality assurance of data

40
Next Steps
  • Review of data collection and reporting practices
    continues
  • Family Planning agencies will continue to educate
    clinicians and clinic managers
  • The contract between Family Planning and the STD
    Program contains language regarding diagnostic
    testing vs. screening
  • Clinics will be required to check off diagnostic
    testing when testing patients in clinic who
    exceed the screening criteria or the clinic will
    be responsible for payment for the test

41
What PA Has Learned
  • Changing practices will be a slow process
  • Prevalence data must be used to demonstrate where
    screening efforts should be focused
  • Data must be valid to be used when making
    programmatic changes
  • There will always be some screening outside the
    criteria
  • The screening criteria in FP cannot at this time
    be put into effect in STD
  • All Project Area Partners need to be committed to
    the process

42
(No Transcript)
43
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening in Wisconsin
  • Use of Selective Screening Criteria to Get the
    Most from Limited Resources
  • Bobbie McDonald
  • Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

44
Development of SSC in WI
  • SSC for CT in WI Family Planning since 1980s
  • Used locally-derived data to establish SSC
  • Age alone identified too many low-risk
    individuals
  • Too many total tests (before NAAT)
  • Low positivity in many areas
  • Universal screening studies with enhanced data
    collection, at selected sites
  • Positivity with clinical, demographic, behavioral
    data
  • Studies in 1985 (rural, CT-DFA, GC culture) 86
    (urban, GC culture, CT culture, EIA DFA) 1990
    (GC culture, CT EIA/DFA), 1996-97, (CT-EIA, LCR
    PCR) 2001-02 (SDA)

45
Standard SSC in WI Family Planning Females
  • Chlamydia
  • Partner risk (past 90d)
  • New partner
  • Multiple partners
  • Partner w/multiple partners
  • Contact
  • Symptomatic
  • History of STD
  • Protocol testing
  • Age lt19 (Milwaukee only)
  • Added after 1997 study
  • Gonorrhea
  • Contact
  • Symptomatic
  • History
  • Positive for Chlamydia
  • on this specimen
  • Note GC criteria not originally based on data
    from this population

46
Selective Screening in WI 2002 2003
47
Evaluating SSC
  • SSC effectiveness can be influenced by changes in
    technology, prevalence, funding, other factors
  • Key issue in performing the universal screening
    study in 2002 dual testing for CT- GC
  • Technology changes, marketing packages have
    increased GC screening despite low GC prevalence
  • Epidemiology of GC varies across state, region
  • Major urban area 56.5 of GC testing, 85.6 of
    positivity
  • No locally-derived, evidence-based SSC for GC

48
2002 Universal Screening Study
  • Followed model of previous studies
  • Offered testing to all clients in selected
    clinics, with questionnaire analyzed positivity
    data with risk data
  • Able to minimize costs
  • Previous relationships with clinics, screening
    already established main expense was additional
    testing
  • Confirmed that SSC identified highest risk
  • Study Positivity, On vs. Off SSC CT 8.4 vs.
    2.9
  • GC 3.8 vs. 0.4
  • Age criteria alone still inefficient lt26
    identifies 96.4 of infections, by testing 89.2
    of patients
  • Efficiently targeting expansion would require use
    of additional data

49
Clinic Distribution
  • FP clinics in nearly every county in WI
  • 43 of 67 rural
  • 24 urban, semi-urban
  • Study clinics favored urban, semi-urban
  • Keep clinic number manageable
  • Obtaining enough positive results

50
Universal Study CT Data
51
Universal Study GC Data
52
Updated SSC All FP Sites
Positivity includes all testing Jan 2002 - June
2003 46841 CT tests, 25128 GC tests
53
Adherence to SSC
  • Cost Incentives criteria is required to obtain a
    no-charge CT or GC test
  • SSC recorded on test request form, entered into
    lab data system
  • positivity can be monitored by SSC variables
  • Reflex GC Testing adding a GC test when CT is
    positive (cases when no other GC SSC is met)
  • Identifies a small subset of otherwise low-risk
    patients with a relatively high yield of GC
  • Improved buy-in and adherence to GC SSC
  • GC Positivity Reflex GC 4.6 (16/348)
  • Combo CT-GC 3.2

54
Summary Evolution of SSC in WI
  • Goal detecting the maximum number of infections
    using available resources
  • Decisions about lab test selection and screening
    levels are influenced by many factors
  • Resources, technology, prevalence/risk, number of
    patients in need of services, politics/history
  • Use of specific, targeted criteria is possible
    and effective
  • Simplest criteria (age) not always best
  • Differences in epidemiology within program area
  • Data, training, incentives can improve buy-in and
    adherence

55
(No Transcript)
56
The Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Women
Diagnosed with Gonorrhea for Both Gonorrhea and
Chlamydia
  • Thomas L. Gift, PhD
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

57
Routine Dual Treatment
  • CDC 2002 Treatment Guidelines
  • Dual treatment of women diagnosed with gonorrhea
    (GC) for both GC and chlamydia (CT)
  • instead of testing for CT
  • can be cost-effective if 10 - 30 of women with
    gonorrhea (GC) also have CT
  • Is it also cost-effective to treat women for both
    GC and CT if they are also tested for CT?
  • GC test positive, CT test negative

58
A Cost-Effectiveness Comparison of Three
Alternatives
  • 1) Dual Treatment
  • Test women for GC, treat those testing positive
    for both GC and CT
  • 2) Test
  • Test women for GC and CT, treat based on test
    results
  • Treat women positive for GC for GC only
  • Treat women positive for CT for CT only
  • 3) Test Dual Treatment
  • Test women for GC and CT
  • Treat women positive for GC for both CT and GC
  • Treat women positive for CT for CT only
  • Gift et al. Sex Transm Dis. 29542-550, 2002

59
Conclusions
  • Dual treatment is not a substitute for testing
    for CT in most settings
  • If 10 of women with GC also infected with CT,
    dual treatment in addition to testing is
    cost-effective
  • Dual treatment will increase over-treatment

60
Model Limitations
  • Model assumed some form of GC testing in all
    options
  • Model did not address whether testing for GC as
    an addition to testing for CT cost-effective

61
Screening for CT and GC in Jails
  • Model examined three alternatives
  • 1) Symptom-based presumptive treatment
  • Symptomatic inmates who request treatment treated
    for both CT and GC
  • 2) Screen for CT only
  • 3) Screen for both CT and GC
  • Both screening alternatives assumed nucleic acid
    amplification testing (NAAT) on urine specimens
  • 4) Screen for both CT and GC plus dual treatment
  • As beforetreat GC positives for both CT GC
  • Kraut-Becher, et al. 2004 (unpublished)

62
Model Assumptions
  • GC prevalence 3
  • CT prevalence 8
  • 33 of GC-infected inmates also have CT
  • 50 of inmates testing positive released before
    treatment
  • We assumed no follow-up to ensure treatment with
    those released
  • Sequelae costs considered were
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
  • Neonatal pneumonia conjunctivitis for CT
  • HIV transmission attributable to GC or CT

63
10,000 women
100 with GC CT
700 with CT
200 with GC
564 test
81 test for CT
169 test
19 test - for CT
68 test for GC
16 test for GC
  • Not shown
  • false positives for GC and CT
  • negative results for GC test
  • negative results for CT test for women with CT

Half are treated
64
10,000 women
100 with GC CT
700 with CT
200 with GC
564 test
81 test for CT
169 test
19 test - for CT
68 test for GC
16 test for GC
9000 uninfected
  • Not shown
  • false positives for GC and CT
  • negative results for GC test
  • negative results for CT test for women with CT

49 test for GC
81 test for CT
Half are treated
65
Conclusions
  • Dual treatment is a cost-saving addition to
    screening for both CT and GC
  • Impact is minor, but so is cost
  • Among 10,000 women
  • 238 women test positive for GC, negative for CT
  • 16 are CT-infected, 222 are not CT-infected
  • Assuming 50 are treated, 119 treated / 8
    infected
  • Is dual treatment cost-saving relative to
    screening for CT only?

66
Program and Sequelae Costs in 10,000 Women
All costs 2002 US dollars sequelae include PID,
HIV infections attributable to CT or GC
infection, and neonatal sequelae of CT
67
Program and Sequelae Costs in 10,000 Women
All costs 2002 US dollars sequelae include PID,
HIV infections attributable to CT or GC
infection, and neonatal sequelae of CT
68
Program and Sequelae Costs in 10,000 Women
All costs 2002 US dollars sequelae include PID,
HIV infections attributable to CT or GC
infection, and neonatal sequelae of CT
69
Program and Sequelae Costs in 10,000 Women
All costs 2002 US dollars sequelae include PID,
HIV infections attributable to CT or GC
infection, and neonatal sequelae of CT
70
Program and Sequelae Costs in 10,000 Women
Prevalence of CT 6, GC 0.9 33 of those
with GC have CT All costs in 2002 US dollars
(2002)
71
Summary Conclusions
  • The CDCs dual treatment recommendation
  • is cost-saving even when testing separately for
    CT
  • on the basis of cost alone, should be considered
    even when GC prevalence is low
  • The cost saving from dual treatment is not great
    enough on its own to make screening for GC
    cost-saving at low GC prevalences

72
Acknowledgements
  • Dual treatment paper authors
  • Cathleen Walsh, DrPH
  • Anne C. Haddix, PhD
  • Kathleen L. Irwin, MD, MPH
  • Jail screening manuscript authors
  • Julie R. Kraut-Becher, PhD
  • Anne C. Haddix, PhD
  • Kathleen L. Irwin, MD, MPH
  • Robert B. Greifinger, MD

73
(No Transcript)
74
Screening for Chlamydia in Arizona
  • Making the Most of Limited Resources
  • Lisa Anne Schamus
  • Arizona Family Planning Council

75
Outline
  • Background of Arizona Infertility Prevention
    Project
  • Data Sources
  • Historic CT Screening Criteria and Rates
  • Clarification of Screening Criteria (in
    1999/2000)
  • Changing clinician testing behavior
  • Allocation of new resources

76
Background of AZ IPP
  • Collaborative effort between the Arizona
    Department of Health Services and AZ Family
    Planning Council (Title X)
  • CDC Funded Arizona Infertility Prevention Project
    (AZ IPP).
  • Started in 1995.
  • Title X began with three Sentinel Sites and now
    includes 40 clinics.

77
Data Sources
  • 1995 to 1999 Logs from sentinel sites.
    Aggregate data for others.
  • 2000 Encounter Data from AFPC.
  • 2000 Start of electronic data availability from
    lab.
  • 2004 Anticipate having lab data for all
    participating clinics for entire year.

78
Historic CT and GC Screening Criteria
  • Pre 2000 Screening Criteria for AZ IPP
  • Screen all women 30 years and younger for
    Chlamydia and test others as indicated.
  • Test as indicated for Gonorrhea.

79
CT Positivity Rates by Age Groups and Testing
Patterns at 5 Sentinel Sites, 1998
80
Step One Change of Screening Criteria for AZ IPP
  • Changed screening criteria for AZ IPP in late
    1999
  • Screen all female clients 25 and under receiving
    an exam.
  • Test others as indicated.

81
CT Screening Coverage in Women Receiving an Exam
by Age Group, 2000
82
Changing Clinician Screening Practices
  • Monitored compliance with screening criteria
    through quarterly reports.
  • Provided clinicians and administrators with
    detailed feedback from chart audits
  • Provided clinicians and administrators with
    education regarding predictive value of screening
    test in low prevalence populations.

83
CT Testing Females 25 and Under Receiving Exams
Q1, 2000 vs. Q1, 2003
84
CT Testing Females 26 and Over Receiving Exams
Q1, 2000 vs. Q1, 2003
85
Percentage of Tests by Age Group, AZ Title X
Family Planning Clinics, 1998 and 2003
Percent
86
ARIZONA IPP FAMILY PLANNINGNUMBER OF FEMALES CT
TESTED AND POSITIVE CASES BY AGE GROUP
87
Allocating New Resources
  • CDC received increase funding in 2002. Specific
    guidance stated
  • The additional IPP funds distributed in 2002 must
    be used to expand chlamydia screening and
    treatment of adolescent and young adult women 25
    years old and younger

88
New Screening Criteria, mid-Year 2003
  • Screen all female clients 25 years and younger
  • Pace II for those receiving an exam
  • Aptima for Pregnancy Test Only Clients and others
    not receiving an exam
  • Test others as indicated
  • Pace II for females receiving exam
  • Aptima for all males and for females not
    receiving exam

89
Conclusions
  • Successes
  • Adherence to screening criteria for older
    delegates
  • In screening high risk populations
  • In detection of CT cases
  • Improved data sources

90
Conclusions
  • Continued Challenges and Future Directions
  • Limited resources, desire to provide amplified
    test for all
  • Continue to improve adherence to screening
    criteria
  • Managed Care/Medicaid

91
(No Transcript)
92
A Six Year History of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
Screening GuidelinesSan Francisco STD Clinic
  • Charlotte Kent
  • San Francisco Department of Public Health

93
Why not test everyone who walks in the door? It
is an STD clinic after all!
  • Everyones risk of infection might not be the
    same.
  • Might want to expand services in some
    sub-populations
  • Fixed or decreasing budgets
  • Need to use limited resources efficiently

94
San Francisco Background
  • One municipal STD clinic
  • 2003 21,596 visits
  • 17 women, 37 heterosexual men, 46 MSM
  • 2002 ranking among 63 U.S. metropolitan areas
  • Gonorrhea 28th
  • Chlamydia 35th
  • Syphilis 1st
  • Implemented screening guidelines in 1998 (Ciemens
    et al., STD 2000)

95
Diagnostic Testing vs. Screening
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Symptoms or signs
  • Contact to STD
  • Currently has an STD
  • Screening
  • Asymptomatic and no reason for diagnostic testing

96
Development of Screening Guidelines - 1998
  • Established positivity target
  • 2 CT
  • 1 GC
  • Examined positivity in asymptomatics by age,
    gender/sexual orientation

97
1997-1998 Results
  • CT prevalence in women older than 30 years lt 2
  • GC prevalence in heterosexual men lt 1
  • Discontinued screening in these populations
  • Reduced GC testing by 16 CT by 6
  • Expanded urethral CT screening in MSM

98
2000-2001 Results
  • GC prevalence lt 1 in women older than 30 years
  • Discontinued screening in this population
  • Expanded screening in MSM at rectal and
    pharyngeal sites

99
Current Screening Guidelines for MSM
  • Urine GC CT NAAT
  • Rectal GC CT NAAT, if receptive anal sex last
    six months
  • Pharyngeal GC CT NAAT if receptive oral sex
    last two weeks

2003 positivity by site
100
Current Screening Guidelines for Heterosexual Men
2003 positivity by age
  • Urine CT NAAT
  • 30 and younger only
  • Over screening
  • 43 (2035/4685) GC
  • 54 (1288/2374) CT (gt30 years)

1069
966
n
1922
1288
gt30
lt 30
101
Current Screening Guidelines for Women
2003 positivity by age
  • Cervical swab for GC culture or urine for GC NAAT
    if no pelvic
  • 30 and younger only
  • Urine CT NAAT
  • 30 and younger only
  • Overscreening - gt30 yrs
  • 52 (279/534) GC
  • 63 (337/534) CT

872
1001
n
279
337
gt30
lt 30
102
Recommendations
  • Areas with low to moderate prevalence of GC CT
    should evaluate the efficiency of testing in STD
    Clinics
  • Minimal data needed to develop guidelines
  • Reasons for diagnostic testing (symptoms, signs,
    STD contact, etc.)
  • Demographics age, gender
  • Behavioral who have sex with

103
Recommendations
  • Need routine evaluation of guidelines if
    changes in
  • Populations seeking services
  • Test technology or pricing
  • Expansion of specimen type
  • Resources
  • Non-bundled GC CT tests need to be made
    available by manufactures

104
Conclusion
  • Feasible to develop, implement modify screening
    guidelines in an STD clinic

105
For More Information
  • Dorothy Gunter, DGunter_at_cdc.gov
  • Bartholomew Abban, BAbban_at_cdc.gov
  • Beth Butler, bebutler_at_state.pa.us
  • Bobbie McDonald, Bobbie_at_mail.slh.wisc.edu
  • Thomas L. Gift, TGift_at_cdc.gov
  • Lisa Schamus, LSchamu_at_ade.az.gov
  • Charlotte Kent, Charlotte_Kent_at_dph.sf.ca.us
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com