Table 1.

STI best practice indicators

STI best practice indicators	Target
Proportion of Aboriginal patients aged 16–34 years old who have an annual test for chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas	80%
Proportion of health service patients presenting with STI symptoms who receive immediate treatment	95%
Proportion of people diagnosed by laboratory test with chlamydia, gonorrhoea or trichomonas who are treated within seven days of the test result being received from the laboratory	80%
Proportion of patients found by laboratory test to have chlamydia, gonorrhoea or trichomonas who have a test for re-infection at between two to four months following treatment	80%
Proportion of named sexual contacts, of people found to have chlamydia, gonorrhoea or trichomonas, tested and treated	50%