Expedited
Partner Therapy
2009 Wisconsin
Act 280 for expedited partner therapy (EPT) became effective May
26, 2010. This legislation explicitly allows medical providers to
prescribe, dispense, or furnish medication for a patient’s partner if
diagnosed with trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, or Chlamydia trachomatis
infections without a medical evaluation of the partner. This alternative
sexually transmitted disease (STD) partner management strategy is called
expedited partner therapy (EPT) and is recommended by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent persistent or re-current
infection when other management strategies are impractical or
unsuccessful.
An EPT Treatment Information Sheet, should be distributed to the original
patient by clinicians providing an EPT prescription and/or EPT medication. DHS EPT Treatment Information Sheets are available for
treatment of: Chlamydia
trachomatis infection (PDF, 37 KB), gonorrhea
(PDF, 37 KB) and trichomoniasis
(PDF, 37 KB).
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