​Updates

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If you use these guidelines, it is your responsibility to make sure that you are using the most up-to-date version.

Chapter contents

Section I: STIs 

New updated!

• British Columbia Treament Guidelines: Sexually Transmitted Infections - This treatment guideline was developed by Clinical Prevention Services at the BCCDC to give primary care clinicians a brief reference tool for the treatment of gonorrhea.
• For treatment recommendations of all other infections, please refer to Public Health Agency of Canada’s Sexually Transmitted and Bloodborne Infections: Guides for Health Professionals as the BC Treatment Guidelines; Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Adults, 2014 have been retired.
• Non-certified Practice Decision Support Tools for Use Only by STI Certified Practice Nurses:
  • BCCDC Competencies for Dispensing Prophylaxis Post Sexual Assault
    
  • BCCDC Non Certified Practice Decision Support Tool for Prophylaxis Post Sexual Assault - Under review. For treatment please see BCCDC Certified Practice DST: Chlamydia and BCCDC Certified Practice DST: Gonorrhea
• Non-certified Practice Decision Support Tools for STI:
• Candidal Balanitis (Yeast Balanitis)
  
• Epididymitis
  
• Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
  
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)
  
• Molluscum Contagiosum
  
• Pediculosis pubis (Pubic Lice)
  
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
  
• Proctitis
  
• Scabies
  
• Syphilis
  
• Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (VVC)

• Certified Practice Decision Support Tools for STI:
  
• STI Certified Practice
  
• Supporting Documents for STI Clinical Practice:
• Antibiotic Resistance in Gonorrhea
• Ceftriaxone Intramuscular Injection: Dosing and reconstitution of vials for the preferred treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea
  
• Differences between Certified Practice and Non-certified Practice
  
• H219 / H225 Instructions
  
• H219 Template - Notification of Contact to Sexually Transmitted Infection
  
• H225 Template - Request for follow-up of Sexually Transmitted Infection - Index
  
• Quick Reference STI Screening and Testing Guide​​​
  
• Receiving Client-Specific Orders from a Registered Nurse with Certified Practice
  
• Safe Use of 10% Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) in Screening for STI
  
• STI Drug Order Request Form - BCCDC Pharmacy​
  
• Standard Education for Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI)
• Syphilis Treatment Form
  
• Syphilis Treatment (Bicillin L-A) Quick Tips
  
• Urethritis Treatment Client Resource
  
• PHSA Registered Nurse Decision Support Tool: Pelvic Exam
  • Decision Support Tool: Pelvic Exam 
    
  • The Core Nursing Practice Competencies for Pelvic Exam are now included in Appendix C
    
• BC Cancer Agency - Pap Screening Supporting Documents
  • Cervix Screening: Information for Health Professionals
    
  • Cervical Screening: Resources fo Health Professionals
    

Section 2: HIV/AIDS 

• Non-certified practice Decision Support Tool for HIV Prevention:
  
• HIV Pre Exposure Prophylaxis
  
• HIV Guidelines for Testing, Follow up and Prevention
• Guidelines for Medical Health Officers: Approach to people with HIV/AIDS who may pose a risk of harm to others 
  
• False Positive HIV Laboratory Test Results
  
• Laboratory Results for Acute HIV
  
• Guidance for use of the INSTI HIV/Syphilis Multiplex Test
  

For information about the provincial STOP HIV/AIDS program and HIV strategy, see Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on the BC Ministry of Health website.