Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) involves which of the following actions?

Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) involves which of the following actions?

• A. Providing vaccines to partner
• B. Not allowing partners to be treated
• C. Treating sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing prescriptions or medications to the patient to take to his/her partner without examining the partner
• D. Treating sex partners only after examination of the partner

Answer: (C)

Expedited Partner Therapy is a public health approach to quickly treat the sexual partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea without requiring the partner to be examined. The idea is to reduce ongoing transmission and the patient’s risk of reinfection by ensuring partners receive treatment promptly. The description that matches this is providing prescriptions or medications to the patient to give to their partner (or giving the patient medications to pass on) without an examination of the partner. This is not about vaccines, it does not withhold treatment from partners, and it does not require a partner’s examination before treatment.

Expedited Partner Therapy is a public health approach to quickly treat the sexual partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea without requiring the partner to be examined. The idea is to reduce ongoing transmission and the patient’s risk of reinfection by ensuring partners receive treatment promptly. The description that matches this is providing prescriptions or medications to the patient to give to their partner (or giving the patient medications to pass on) without an examination of the partner. This is not about vaccines, it does not withhold treatment from partners, and it does not require a partner’s examination before treatment.