Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Course Objectives
Outline the background of STIs and STDs 
Demonstrate the role of medical personnel in testing and reporting for STIs/STDs 
Break down exposure risks and responses in the healthcare setting 
Course Content
Course Creator: Nichelle Volker RMA
Total CE Hours: 1 Credit Hour 
Pace Course #: 586-2216-24

Key Terms: 
Asymptomatic 
Etiology 
STD 
STI 
Symptomatic 
Outline: 
  • Background and history of STIs/STDs 
    • General Education 
      • Transmission 
      • Curable and incurable 
      • Definition of work disease 
    • General Definitions 
      • STI 
      • STD 
      • Other euphemisms 
    • Infection or Disease 
      • Acute 
        • Treatable, curable 
      • Chronic 
        • Incurable 
    • Infection or Disease 
      • Root Words and Classification 
        • Origin of term “venereal disease” 
        • Origin of term “disease” 
    • Stigma 
      • Moral and religious stigma 
      • Who gets STIs? 
    • History 
      • European outbreak of syphilis 1494 
      • Le Clapiers 
      • Ebers Papyrus 
      • Hebrew bible, old testament 
      • London Lock Hospital 
      • Contagious Diseases Act 
      • Brussels Agreement 
      • Glasgow, VD officer Nora Wattie established contact tracing 
  • Symptoms and Transmission 
    • Means of transmission 
      • Skin to skin contact 
      • Transfusions 
      • Shared Needles 
      • Blood
      • Breast milk 
      • Semen 
      • Vaginal fluid 
    • Symptoms 
      • Asymptomatic 
      • Symptomatic 
        • Dyspareunia 
          • Vaginal Bleeding 
          • Discharge, vaginal or penile 
          • Lesions 
          • Dysuria 
          • Malodorous discharge 
          • Swollen, sore lymph nodes 
          • Fever 
          • Lower abdominal and pelvic pain 
      • From STI to STD 
        • Evolution of symptoms 
        • Fever 
        • Fatigue and persistent pain 
        • Memory loss 
        • Changes to vision or hearing 
        • Nausea and weight loss 
        • Lumps or swelling 
      • Pathophysiology 
  • Screening and Tests 
    • CDC recommendations 
    • Collection types 
      • Gonorrhea and chlamydia test collection method 
      • HIV, Syphilis, Hep C, HSV serology test collection 
      • HPV test collection 
      • HSV PCR collection 
    • Collection options 
      • Home testing 
      • Lab testing 
      • Blood testing 
      • Swab testing 
      • Urine testing 
  • Infections and Diseases 
    • Etiology 
      • Risk Factors 
    • Bacterial 
      • Chlamydia 
      • Gonorrhea 
      • Granuloma inguinale 
      • Mycoplasma genitalium 
      • •Syphilis 
    • Parasites 
      • Crab louse 
      • Scabies 
      • Trichomoniasis 
    • Viral 
      • Viral hepatitis 
        • Hep A 
        • Hep B
        • Hep C 
        • Hep D 
      • Herpes Simplex 
      • HIV 
      • Molluscum contagiosum 
      • Zika 
      • Viruses in semen 
    • Gonorrhea testing 
    • Chlamydia testing 
    • HSV testing 
    • HIV testing 
      • HIV and AIDS 
    • HBV and HCV testing 
    • HPV testing 
      • HPV, genital warts 
      • Cancers 
    • Trichomoniasis testing 
    • Syphilis Testing 
      • Tertiary syphilis 
    • PID 
    • Professionalism 
  • Patient Complications 
    • For women: 
      • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), 
      • Infertility 
      • Pregnancy complications 
      • Cancer (associated with HPV) 
    • For men: 
      • Cancer, throat and rectal (associated with HPV) 
      • Both: 
        • Arthritis 
        • Heart Disease 
        • Eye/vision complications 
    • Women and Youth 
      • Infertility 
      • Pregnancy Risks and Exposures 
  • Prevention 
    • Abstinence from sex 
    • Limiting partners 
    • Frequent testing 
    • Vaccination 
    • Latex or polyurethane condoms and dental dams 
    • Antiviral medications 
      • HIV prevention 
        • PrEP 
        • ART 
        • PEP 
      • HSV 
  • Diagnosis and Treatment 
    • Testing 
    • Antibiotics 
    • Antivirals 
    • Surgery 
    • Early detection
  • Exposure Risks to Medical Staff 
    • What to do if exposed? 
      • Reporting 
      • Testing 
      • Prophylactics 
    • Standard Precautions 
    • Proper PPE use during collection 
    • Contact tracing and reporting 
  • Duty to Warn 
    • Provider obligation 
    • Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California 
    • Special Considerations 

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