National Advisory Committee on Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (NAC-STBBI): STBBI Guidance and Other Resources

The STBBI guidance documents are a resource for primary care and public health professionals, particularly nurses and physicians, for the prevention and diagnosis of STBBI and the treatment and management of STI. The guide does not supersede any provincial/territorial legislative, regulatory, policy and practice requirements or professional guidelines that govern the practice of health professionals in their respective jurisdictions, whose recommendations may differ due to local epidemiology or context.

In this section:

• STBBI Guidance
• Surveillance
• Other Resources

STBBI Guidance

Infections

• Anogenital warts (caused by human papillomavirus)
• Chlamydia (including LGV)
• Gonorrhea
• Genital herpes
• Hepatitis B
• HIV screening and testing guide
• Mycoplasma genitalium
• Syphilis

Best Practice

• STBBI Prevention
• STI-Associated syndromes

Surveillance

• Syphilis in Canada: Technical report on epidemiological trends, determinants and interventions
• Report on the enhanced surveillance of antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea: Results from 2015 - 2017
• Hepatitis in Canada: 2017 surveillance data
• Addressing the rising of gonorrhea and drug-resistant gonorrhea: There is no time like the present

Other Resources

• Summary of Recommendations for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Syphilis
• HIV Factsheet: Screening and Testing
• Awareness and knowledge of hepatitis C among health care providers and the public: A scoping review