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Introduction of a nurse-led sexual health service for HIV-positive men

K M Forbes MRCP , P Davis RN and L Sarner MRCP

Department of Infection and Immunology, Andrewes Outpatients, St Bartholomews' Hospital, London EC1A, UK

Correspondence to: Dr Kimberley M Forbes Email: Kimberley.forbes{at}bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk

A nurse-led clinic offering screening for sexual infections to men within an existing HIV outpatient service was created. A retrospective case-note review was undertaken of those having a sexual health (SH) screen between May and December 2007. A total of 125 men had an SH screen, 117 identified as men who have sex with men and 84 were asymptomatic. Six (7%) asymptomatic men had chlamydial and two (2%) had gonococcal infection. Six new diagnoses of syphilis and two of hepatitis C virus infection were made. We suggest that introducing a nurse-led clinic offering SH screening within HIV services has helped to achieve national standards and improved the SH of our patients.

Key Words: nurse-led • HIV-positive • HIV out-patient service • sexually transmitted infections • syphilis • hepatitis C

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