Podcast 686: Vaginal Self Swabs

<p><strong>Contributor: Jared Scott, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recent study evaluated vaginal self swab testing for STIs to determine if they are equally sensitive to provider-obtained swab</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">515 patients consented to both tests and 95% agreement was found between the two methods of obtaining samples</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">75% of participants who preferred this over the pelvic exam, although some patients were concerned they did not perform the self swab correctly</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Consider vaginal self swab with proper coaching as an option for patients</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chinnock B, Yore M, Mason J, et al. Self-obtained vaginal swabs are not inferior to provider-performed endocervical sampling for emergency department diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis [published online ahead of print, 2021 Jan 18]. Acad Emerg Med. 2021;10.1111/acem.14213. doi:10.1111/acem.14213</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AMA PRA Category 1 credits™</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">via online course modules. To access these and for more information, visit our website at</span> <a href= "http://www.emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and create an account. </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=6bIZ91UwjZALM