Sexually Transmitted
Diseases
(STDs)
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Department of Health Services staff from the Division of Public Health based in
Madison and Milwaukee work with
local health departments to provide disease intervention consultation with patients,
disease surveillance, monitoring of statistical
trends, and implementation and maintenance
of prevention programs. Staff provide STD intervention
consultations and training to health care providers statewide.
General information
There are currently five reportable STDs in
Wisconsin:
Chlamydia
- Chlamydia
trachomatis
Gonorrhea -
Neisseria
gonorrhoeae
Syphilis - Treponema pallidum
Chancroid - Haemophilus ducreyi
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
(PID)
The most frequently reported are: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.
Information for health professionals
This is a Wisconsin Disease Surveillance Category II disease:
Report to
the patient's local public health department electronically, through the Wisconsin
Electronic Disease Surveillance System
(WEDSS), by mail or fax using the Sexually Transmitted Disease
Laboratory and Morbidity Epidemiologic Case Report F44243
(Word, 138 KB) or by other means within 72 hours upon recognition of a
case. DHS
Communicable Disease Reporting Consult individual infections for link to the EpiNet
guideline
STD Treatment
guidelines - CDC
Expedited
Partner Therapy (EPT) for Chlamydia trachomatis infection, Neisseria
gonorrhoeae infection and trichomoniasis: Guidance for Wisconsin
health care professionals (PDF, 99 KB)
Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT)
Information for Pharmacists:
EPT Brochure for
pharmacists (PDF, 286 KB)
Frequently asked
questions (FAQs) List for pharmacists (PDF, 151 KB) Letter from Dr. Jeffery P.
Davis, Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist - Recommendations for
Treatment of Gonococcal Infections in Wisconsin, 11/12/2012
(PDF, 125 KB)
Additional information
Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT)
Wisconsin Act 280 explicitly allows medical providers to prescribe,
dispense, or furnish medication for a patient’s partner if diagnosed
with trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, or Chlamydia trachomatis infection
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 reinfection 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:
Healthcare resources
Data and Statistics
Contacts
Wisconsin
state and local
STD control staff
Wisconsin
Local Health Departments - Regional offices - Tribal agencies
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Last Revised:
May 14, 2013
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