Question

A 24-year-old sexually active woman attends a family medicine clinic in an urban Indigenous Friendship Centre. She is asymptomatic and not known to be at high risk. According to the 2021 CTFPHC guideline, what is the MOST appropriate approach to screening for chlamydia and gonorrhoea?

Accepted Answer

Screen opportunistically for chlamydia and gonorrhoea with a self-collected vaginal swab

Answer

Do not screen because she is asymptomatic

Answer

Screen annually only if she reports >=3 partners in the past year

Answer

Screen only if she uses intrauterine contraception

Answer

Screen routinely with serology

Practice question

A 24-year-old sexually active woman attends a family medicine clinic in an urban Indigenous Friendship Centre. She is asymptomatic and not known to be at high risk. According to the 2021 CTFPHC guideline, what is the MOST appropriate approach to screening for chlamydia and gonorrhoea?