Table 4. Results regarding access to clinical advice, management of patients with gonococcal positive NAATs, and referral pathway for GUM.

When seeking advice on STI, who would you contact?	n (%)
GUM	104 (87)
Primary care colleague	30 (25)
Primary care facilitator	1 (1)
Ask a colleague	17 (14)
BNF	39 (33)
Phone microbiologist	33 (28)
Other, please specify	4 (3)
Total responses, n	119
What form of real time clinical advice on sexual health/STI would you find most helpful?
Online electronic messaging service to lab consultants e.g. kinesis, email	45 (42)
Advice embedded within electronic requesting (e.g. sample or test choice), or reporting (e.g. antibiotic choice) systems	88 (83)
Information leaflet on the management of gonorrhoea	31 (29)
Clinical advice by telephone on a positive result/confirmation	66 (62)
Other, please specify	7 (7)
Total responses, n	106
With reference to the management of patients with suspected gonorrhoea (ie, they have positive molecular NAAT test) do you … ?
Refer all patients	83 (81)
Refer only complicated cases of infection to a GUM clinic	16 (16)
Treat all patients at surgery	4 (4)
Total responses, n	103

BNF = British National Formulary. GUM = genito-urinary medicine. HIV= human immunodeficiency virus. NAAT = nucleic acid amplification test. STI = sexually transmitted infection.