Check new web site for Contraceptive Technology
Add another bookmark to your Internet surfing sites. The authors of Contraceptive Technology have just debuted a new website:
www.contraceptivetechnology.com.
Clinicians can access resources for practical information and education on family planning methods. Each month includes new additions to the latebreakers and clinical pearl sections, which update information inspired from the annual Contraceptive Technology and Quest for Excellence conferences.
CDC issues guidance for lab detection of STIs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released 2014 recommendations for the laboratory-based detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report updates CDC’s 2002 recommendations for screening tests to detect C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae infections, and it provides new recommendations regarding optimal specimen types, the use of tests to detect rectal and oropharyngeal C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae infections, and circumstances when supplemental testing is indicated.
The new recommendations intended for use by clinical laboratory directors, laboratory staff, clinicians, and disease control personnel who must choose among available tests, establish standard operating procedures for collecting and processing specimens, interpret test results for laboratory reporting, and counsel and treat patients.
The full recommendations can be found on CDC’s laboratory information page, http://1.usa.gov/1nqwiSY.
