Do the recommendations suggest different notification strategies for various HIV/STDs?
A. The decision as to which strategy is used for notifying each potentially exposed partner should be made collaboratively by the patient and the Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS). Programs must be able to accommodate a range of strategies for notifying partners exposed to various STDs and HIV. Programs should regularly review the effectiveness of their partner services activities for each disease and incorporate these findings into their alignment of strategies for partner services. Programs should consider patient needs, program capacity, and the nature of the infection. However, the recommendations stress the importance of involving health-care providers or health department personnel (that is, a DIS), regardless of the notification strategy selected. Even if the patient chooses to notify one or more of his or her partners, the DIS should be actively involved by coaching the patient on how to accomplish the notification safely and successfully and should follow up with the patie
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