NOTE: The article listed 12 standards. I have separated these into groups. The original standard number if given with each item.
General Administration:
(11) Documentation should be accurate and complete.
(12) The use of contact slips should be encouraged. When handed in by a patient, they should be returned to the issuing clinic.
Health Adviser (Public Health Nurse, etc.):
(1) Each clinic should have an adequate provision of health adviser time.
(2) The health advisers should have soundproof rooms for interviewing patients, and sufficient administrative support.
(7) There should be a protocol for the work of health advisers. This will have been negotiated between the health adviser and doctor.
Patient Evaluation:
(4) All patients diagnosed with gonorrhoea should be referred to a health adviser at the time of treatment.
(5a) Failure or refusal to see a health adviser should be documented.
(8) Each clinic should have a protocol for recalling patients with an untreated infection.
Partner Notification:
(3) All patients diagnosed with gonorrhoea should have partner notification raised with them at the time of treatment.
(5b) If the patient fails or refuses to see a health adviser, then partner notification should then be undertaken by a doctor.
(10) Partner notification should be followed up and documented at subsequent visits.
Contact Identification and Management:
(6) A full sexual history of the index patient needs to be obtained for the relevant period including the types of contact and condom use.
(9) There should be a documented discussion on the action taken (and the implications of this) for each sexual contact, e.g., whether there is patient referral, provider referral, contact referral or no referral.
