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Updates have been made to the Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections (binder 2008).

The chart below contains the updated information by date.
Please make these changes to your hard copy/binder.
To receive E-mail Notifications of updates when they are released, complete the Notification form.
The posted PDF versions of the entire STI Guidelines document and the individual chapters have been corrected to reflect these updates.

Please report any issues to SH.STI@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Publication : Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections (Binder – January 2008)

Date of Updates	Section: Title	Chapter	Page	Correction	PDF
January 2009	Section VI: Specific Populations	Pregnancy	5	In Table 3, under Preferred Treatment, remove: “(available only through SAP)”	PDF Version (20 kb)
January 2009	Section V: Management and Treatment of Specific Infections	Syphilis	8	Under the heading: Treatment / Bullet two, change: “Benzathine penicillin G is available in Canada only through provincial/territorial sexually transmitted disease services, which obtain the drug from non-Canadian pharmaceutical companies through Health Canada’s Special Access Program, as thje drug is no longer available in Canada.” to: “Benzathine penicillin G, until May 2008, was only accessible in Canada through Health Canada’s Special Access Program. As of this date, the product became available through a Canadian distributor, King Pharmaceuticals Canada, and is no longer acquired through the Special Access Program.”	PDF Version (23 kb)