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|  4/30/2014 | National News  | USPSTF: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent STIs UNITED STATES :: STDs
Monthly Prescribing Reference (04.28.2014) :: By HealthDay News | | | Monthly Prescribing Reference reported that as a way of decreasing the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that sexually active women get screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea, and that all sexually active individuals receive intensive behavioral counseling. Two contributing studies prompted the recommendation.
Researcher Elizabeth O’Connor, PhD, from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., and colleagues found that the benefit of intensive behavioral counseling, mainly curbing further STI transmissions, outweigh the disadvantages, which are mainly the costs of interventions.
Researcher Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH, from the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, and colleagues studied the pros and cons of screening women at risk for chlamydia and gonorrhea and found tests can detect the diseases accurately without detectable disadvantages. Results of screening men for STIs or HIV were inadequate. |  Read Full Article | Share this Article     | | Back to Top  |  | | | International News | Medical News  | Sex Toys Can Show Traces of HPV 24 Hours After Use, Have Increased Chance of Spreading Virus, Despite Cleaning UNITED STATES :: STDs
Medical Daily (04.23.2014) :: By Sabrina Bachai | | | Medical Daily reported on a study showing that shared sex toys can retain traces of human papillomavirus (HPV) even after cleaning. Researchers from the Division of Infectious Diseases at Indiana University School of Medicine investigated sex toys’ ability to transmit disease, using women ages 18–29 who were in sexual relationships with both men and women within the year prior to the study. The researchers gave each woman a cleaning product and two vibrators, one made of thermoplastic elastomer and the other of soft silicone, and instructed them to swab them after vaginal use, immediately after cleaning, and 24 hours later.
The researchers detected HPV in samples from nine of 12 swabs. In the samples from the nine vibrators the HPV-positive women used, eight showed signs of the virus. After the women cleaned the vibrators, five of the nine retained traces of HPV. Two hours after cleaning the contaminated vibrators, two out of five swabs remained positive. Silicone vibrators had a lower detection rate after 24 hours.
The researchers concluded that sharing sex toys potentially can transmit HPV, thus putting partners at risk of acquiring this STD. Findings expand the number of behaviors associated with HPV transmission and indicate a need for specific recommendations for cleaning sex toys.
The full report, “A Study of Human Papillomavirus on Vaginally Inserted Sex Toys, Before and After Cleaning, Among Women Who Have Sex with Women and Men,” was published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections (2014; doi:10.1136/sextrans-2014-051558). | | Read Full Article | Share this Article | | Back to Top | | | Local and Community News  | Attorney: Patient Got Hepatitis C at Corning Hospital NEW YORK :: Viral Hepatitis
The Leader (Corning, New York) (04.28.2014) :: By Amber Brenza | | | The Leader reported that according to the Ziff Law Firm in Elmira, N.Y., one of 236 patients exposed to contaminated syringes at Guthrie Corning Hospital from 2012 to 2013 was diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The patient received the diagnosis at his one-year follow-up test. The Ziff Law Firm, which filed a medical malpractice law suit on behalf of approximately 80 of the patients, added an additional lawsuit against the hospital and an unidentified nurse on behalf of the recently diagnosed patient, and included him in the original lawsuit filed in 2013. According to the hospital, patients were exposed to HCV, hepatitis B, and HIV after a nurse reused saline syringes on 236 people between October 15, 2012, and January 29, 2013.
Ziff Attorney Adam Gee explained that his firm publicized the information on the patient’s diagnosis to encourage others who may have been exposed to get the follow-up tests regardless of whether they previously received negative results. The hospital offered up to one year of testing to those who were exposed, but that time frame is close to expiring. Gee hoped that the hospital would consider extending the time for testing, because he is concerned about the disease’s extended incubation period and that the disease may show up after one year. He advised patients to continue with their follow-up tests and to pay for it themselves if the hospital did not cover further testing, to ensure they were healthy and not at risk of acquiring and transmitting the disease. | | Read Full Article | Share this Article | | Back to Top | | | | News Briefs | | | | |
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