Resources for
Health Providers
On this page you'll find guidance on mandatory STD/HIV reporting and provider specific resources on STD/HIV prevention and management, including primers on sexual history taking and STD screening and a wall mountable summary of CA 2010 STD treatment guidelines, in addition to other STD Diagnosis and Treatment resources. Also included in this section are downloadable reporting forms, "surveillance reports, and guidance as to how to contact program staff for information such as: reports from our epidemiology unit and patient syphilis titer history and STD management consultation.
Please note that our Web site also has patient-friendly information in our Resources and STD Information sections that you can direct your patients to. We also provide links to other related public health programs or reproductive health related organizations.
Please remember to report your cases to us! It is of critical importance (and required by law) that you submit timely, completed confidential morbidity reports (CMR) on patients you have diagnosed with chlamydia (including LGV), gonorrhea, syphilis, PID, and chancroid. The reporting of STDs does not require patient consent and does not contradict the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. HIV cases must be reported to LA County HIV Epidemiology Program.
If the information in these pages does not provide you with the STD information you need to care for your patients, we invite you to call our program at (213) 744-3070.
Thank you for helping us prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases!
Clinical Practice Alerts
- Gonorrhea Dual Therapy Treatment Recommendations, LADPH, 8/30/11
STD Diagnosis and Treatment
-
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines,
2010
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12/17/10 -
CA STD Treatment Guidelines for Adults and
Adolescents, 2010
Two page summary grid from the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center -
California Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Screening Recommendations – 2010
California Department of Public Health - Guide to Sexual History Taking
From the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, 2011 - The Practitioner's Handbook for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
From the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center - The Clinical Approach to the STD Patient
From the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers, 2004 - Chlamydia (NNPTC Core Curricululm)
From the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers - For patient-delivered partner therapy resources, see below.
- Lymphogranuloma Venereum Among MSM -- Netherlands, 2003-2004 CDC MMWR, 2005
- Fact Sheet for Public Health Personnel: Male Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Summary Guidelines for the Use of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Serologies
From the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, 2003 - Guidelines for the Use of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Serologies
From the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers, 2003 - Genital Herpes (NNPTC Core Curriculum)
From the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers - Los Angeles Support Group for People with Herpes
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines, 8/29/11
- Ten Steps to Help Control Gonorrhea, 8/29/11
- Guidelines for Suspected Gonorrhea Treatment Failure, CADPH 8/24/11
- Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea, CDC 7/7/11
- For patient-delivered partner therapy resources, see below.
- Hepatitis (NNPTC Core Curriculum)
From the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers - HPV Dear Colleague Letter on HPV Testing and Cervical Cancer Screening
From the US Department of Health and Human Services, 2005 - Human Papilloma Virus (NNPTC Core Curriculum)
From the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers - Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Guidance for Medical Providers in California
From the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, 2011 - Partner Treatment: Medicine to Treat Gonorrhea & Chlamydia (also available in Spanish)
- Partner Treatment: Medicine to Treat Chlamydia (also available in Spanish)
- Chlamydia information card
- Gonorrhea information card
- Evaluating for Primary Syphilis
From the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, 2003 - Evaluating for Secondary Syphilis
From the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, 2003 - Questions and Answers Regarding Inadvertent Use of Bicillin C-R for Treatment of Syphilis
- Understanding Confidentiality and Minor Consent in California
An Adolescent Provider Toolkit, Adolescent Health Working Group, SanFrancisco, 2010 - Adolescent provider toolkit 2010 reporting summary A8
Summary Sheet on when sexual intercourse with a minor must be reported Page A-8 from the Adolescent Provider Toolkit, Adolescent Health Working Group, San Francisco, 2010
General
Chlamydia
Chlamydia - Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)
Condoms
Genital Herpes
Gonorrhea
Hepatitis
HIV
HPV
Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy
Syphilis
Youth Specific
Reporting Information and Forms
- Confidential Morbidity Report (Now available as a fillable PDF form)
- Laboratory Report Forms - for labs only! (downloadable forms)
- Reportable Diseases And Conditions Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Revised Jan. 2010
- Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), no longer reportable in California
- HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2003
- HIV Reporting
- STD Surveillance Reports
Continuing Medical Education
- Medical In-Services for 2012
- Map and Directions to meetings at Barlow Respiratory Hospital
- Map and Directions to meetings at Ferguson Auditorium
Other STD Health Education Resources
- Health Education Unit Brochure
- STD Workshop Schedule and Registration Form
- Presentation Request Form
- Health Fair Request Form
- Written Materials Request Form
- SHE (Sexy..Healthy..Empowered!) Sexual Health Discussion Group for College Women: 2007 Adaptable Curriculum in (MS Word)
- SHE Sample Flyer (MS Word)
- Safer Sex Kit Manual (PDF)
- Don't Use Cards (PDF)
Other Reproductive Health Information
STD/HIV Contact Information
- STD Data request
- Patient syphilis titer history / record search, STD management consultation and referrals : Call (213) 744-3106 8am-5pm Monday to Friday
- STD/Hotline (for patients): 1-800-758-0880 Counselors available from 7am-5pm, M-F. Automated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide: information for STD clinics and HIV testing locations, and to order free condom delivery (10 condoms/pkg/request).
- HIV Post-exposure HIV Prevention (PEP) Hotlines PEPline. National Clinicians Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: 1-888-448-4911 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
- Warmline-National HIV Telephone Consultation Service: 1-800-933-3413 (M-F 6am-5pm PST; M-F, Voicemail 24 hours a day)
Recommendations for
the management of gonorrhea are frequently changing to address
concerns about cephalosporin-resistance. Check back here for
updates on gonorrhea testing and treatment.
