Level 3 Nightingale Wing
Sydney Hospital,
8 Macquarie St
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
NSW STI Programs Unit
GPO Box 1614
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
(02) 9382 7447
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relating to or denoting both the urinary and genital organs.
Pertaining to whole body and not rather than localised area or region of body. Systemic features include fever, tachycardia, tachypnoea or elevated white cell count.
Approaches to decrease an individual’s risk of HIV acquisition. Examples include condom use, use of PrEP, early HIV treatment to achieve viral suppression, reduce the number of sexual partners, use of safe injecting equipment.
encompasses anal and genital areas
Patient is referred to another external service, department or health care practitioner (i.e. specialist) for care. All referral letters are to be kept in medical record. Examples include emergency department, external counselling services or a medical specialist.
A medical officer undertakes a clinical consultation with patient either face to face or by telehealth
Consultation is the process of seeking deliberation with a medical officer employed by the service or a doctor who has an established collaborative arrangement with the service. Consultation occurs when a patients signs, symptoms, care and management plan when is beyond the delegated clinical practices or where the nurse is seeking support or confirmation of clinical findings and/or management plan. Can occur face to face or telephone.
state of condition; symptoms not present for more than 7 days including symptoms not present for more than 7 days.
Indicates a mandatory action requiring compliance.
Indicates obligation, duty or correctness of an action to be followed unless there are sound reasons for taking a different course of action.
Stands for vancomycin–colistin–nystatin–trimethoprim combination (in culture plate for testing for N. gonorrhoeae
someone with a female gender identity but who was assigned male sex at birth
someone with a male gender identity but who was assigned female sex at birth
a person whose gender identity differs from the sex that was assigned at birth. May be abbreviated to trans.
is a type of severe skin reaction commonly caused by certain medications such as lamotrigine, carbamazepine, allopurinol, sulfonamide antibiotics, and nevirapine.
any feeling of illness or physical or mental change apparent to the patient that is caused by a particular disease. On symptoms review patient reports presence of pharyngeal, genital or anal symptoms.
is a type of severe skin reaction commonly caused by certain medications such as lamotrigine, carbamazepine, allopurinol, sulfonamide antibiotics, and nevirapine.
Any subjective evidence of disease. In contrast, a sign is objective.
Any objective evidence of a disease, such as a skin rash or a cough, is a sign.
includes oral sex and vaginal and anal intercourse [but not manual sex? does oral sex include rimming?]
diagnostic examination of blood serum, especially with regard to the response of the immune system to pathogens
Acute infection seen in in 70% of patients; fever, rash, lymphadenopathy, pharyngitis, myalgia, diarrhoea, about 2 weeks after exposure during which HIV antibodies develop and become detectable.
(=pos–pos sex and strategic positioning? replace term in Ch 6?)
(of a body fluid sample) – specimens collected by patient
A screening test is done to detect potential health disorders or diseases in people who do not have any symptoms of disease.
a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate a syphilis infection.
encompasses social worker, counsellors and psychologists
patients with symptoms, contacts of a person with an STI, and those populations outlined in the NSW STI Strategy and NSW HIV Strategy. These include people whose risk factors, country of origin etc. put them at higher than average risk of HIV, other STIs and/or BBVs They include men who have sex with men, Aboriginal people, sex workers, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people who inject drugs, and people living with HIV.
of clinically suspected cases without, or prior to, results from confirmatory laboratory tests.
any preventive medical treatment started before exposure to a pathogen to prevent infection from occurring.
any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen to prevent infection from occurring.
spotting or bleeding during or after sexual intercourse unrelated to menstruation.
[polymorph] A type of white blood cell distinguished by its multilobed nucleus. Neutrophils are by far the most abundant type of polymorph, and are among the first inflammatory cells to be recruited to the site of injury. Informally called a poly
relating to or located or produced in the region of the pharynx.
items such as gloves and face masks used by healthworkers to reduce the risk of transmission of infection from patient to healthworker
(i.e. of a patient); a sexual contact, not necessarily social partner such as girlfriend/boyfriend, wife/husband. May include injecting partner.
A vagina created through sex reassignment surgery.
(=without a prescription) Over-the-counter medicines (OTC) are medicines that are not prescription medicines and are not complementary medicines. The medicines can be pharmacy medications (schedule 2), pharmacist-only medicines (schedule 3) or general medicine.
[of a drug] Off-label’ prescribing occurs when a drug is prescribed for an indication, a route of administration, or a patient group that is not included in the approved product information document for that drug.
(used re instructions to patient) the death of tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.
a diseased state or symptom; the rate of disease in a population
includes any homosexually active men, even if they do not identify themselves as gay, homosexual or bisexual. The term is used to describe behaviour rather than sexual identity to guide clinical care.
a doctor of medicine who is responsible for the medical care of patients within a PFSHS
is a method of preparing samples for examination in cytopathology where the sample is deposited into a small bottle of preservative liquid.
refers to vaginal bleeding (other than postcoital) at any time during the menstrual cycle other than during normal menstruation.
one drug affects the activity of a another drug when both are administered together.
the steps taken by a patient to contact a PFSHS seeking services or an appointment
is the first documented patient in the onset of an epidemiological investigation
is the first documented patient in the onset of an epidemiological investigation
(medication) An “imprest system” means the method by which medicines are supplied from the pharmacy department of a hospital to establish and maintain a stock of medicines at a pre-determined level for use in clinical services.
held in prison, detention centres, Juvenile Justice, police lock-up etc.
thought to happen when the fertilized egg attaches to the lining of the uterus.
is the surgical removal of the uterus.
(Candida albicans) are long, branching filamentous structures of a fungus,
Abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is an exaggerated response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign agent.
refers to birth control methods that act on the endocrine system
planned and structured event involving is to provide holistic, coordinated, and integrated care to support the patient and improve their health outcomes including a documented plan with actions.
the patient’s past and present conditions which may contain relevant information bearing on their health past, present, and future.
surgery or other procedure which changes the physical appearance and function of a person’s genitals to bring them into alignment with their affirmed gender identity. For example, male to female gender reassignment surgery may be a penile inversion operation to create a neovagina.
surgery or other procedure which changes the physical appearance and function of a person’s genitals to bring them into alignment with their affirmed gender identity. For example, male to female gender reassignment surgery may be a penile inversion operation to create a neovagina.
is the analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where) of a disease or conditions in defined populations such as geographic.
stands for “enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.” This is a rapid immunochemical test that involves an enzyme (a protein that catalyses a biochemical reaction). It also involves an antibody or antigen (immunologic molecules).
constant presence of diseases or infectious agents within a given geographic area or population group.
forms of contraception that are effective if administered within a specified period of time after sexual intercourse.
the power to produce an effect
a pregnancy that is not in the uterus
persistent or recurrent genital pain that occurs just before, during or after intercourse.
A generic term for any test used to determine the nature or severity of a particular condition—e.g., imaging, laboratory tests, etc.
the microscopic examination of cells obtained from the body (as by aspiration or scraping) for diagnostic purposes
is an enzyme found mainly in the liver and in the intestine which oxidizes small foreign organic molecules such as toxins or drugs, so that they can be removed from the body.
includes adult correction centres, detention centres, forensic hospital and juvenile justice centres and juvenile corrections centres.
something (such as a symptom or condition) that makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable
deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation
Contact tracing is defined as the identification and follow-up of persons who may have come into contact with a person infected with an STI or BBV.
(of a patient/person with an STI or BBV) a person who may have come into contact with a person infected with an STI or BBV.
commercial pharmacy
A competency is a set of defined behaviours or skills that provide a structured guide enabling the identification, evaluation and development of the skill or behaviours.
existing simultaneously with and usually independently of another medical condition
nurses, doctors and counsellors providing clinical care to patients
identifying with one’s sex assigned at birth (i.e. not transgender)
lasting a long time; in contrast to acute.
(explain what ones are generally meant by this term) Are passed from person to person through blood-to-blood contact. Refers to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Syphilis and HIV
on symptoms review patient does not reports presence of pharyngeal, genital or anal symptoms.
also known as ART HIV drugs that act on different viral targets is known as highly active antiretroviral therapy
the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition. Antiemetic chiefly a drug preventing vomiting.
abrupt onset, progressive and generally short duration; sign or symptoms not present for more than 7 days.
see http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/aboriginal/Publications/pub-terminology.pdf
