Dear Colleagues,

An update from Monkeypox Operational Group- a number of things;

Personal Identifying Information on Monkeypox samples in GU Clinics

Here’s a statement supported by THT, UKHSA and BASHH: 

‘What happens when I test for monkeypox?

Currently most people with symptoms for monkeypox are tested in their local sexual health clinic. Tests are sent to the UKHSA laboratory to analyse and you will be asked by your doctor to provide your name and contact information so they can subsequently inform you of the result of your test.

If you test positive, the Health Protection Team at UKHSA will contact you to complete a questionnaire to collect information about close contacts you have had in the past three weeks before your symptoms started. This will include people you live with, and any sexual partners or hook-ups you have met recently.

Close contacts will not be told any information about you. If you have concerns about people being contacted you can talk to the health professional who phones you with your test result. All information is handled privately and securely.’ 

Community Panel

 

Coding for GU clinics to demonstrate activity

        MPV- phone triage and advice then redirection - MPVR

        MPV- phone triage advised to attend - MPVA

        MPV test taken - MPVT

        MPV positive - MPVP

        MPV negative - MPVN

        MPV assessed as walk in without prior triage - MPVW

        PNMPV- attending as sexual partner has advised of MPV - PNMPV

Operational Updates

Principles for monkeypox control in the UK: 4 nations consensus statement - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Remember, ongoing queries or suggestions can be sent into monkeypox@bashh.org

 

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Update 27/05/2022

Hello colleagues,

The Ops group has been able to cascade information about labelling Monkeypox samples and new clinic codes. Please logon to access the members only Monkeypox resource page

Professor Matt Phillips
BASHH Treasurer

 

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Update 25/05/2022

You may have seen in your inboxes, at BASHH ‘central’ we’ve set up a monkey pox operational group which I have the great privilege of chairing. The group has been working tirelessly since starting last Friday, meeting every day. There are many unanswered (and as yet ) unanswerable questions relating how to make this work in clinics.

I thought it might be useful if I give an update of what we are working on - and invite you to submit your concerns/ suggestions for operational work to the BASHH monkey pox inbox- monkeypox@BASHH.org By this Friday (the 27th) we are aiming to

1.  Have a list of codes to cover MPV activity- even for devolved nations where coding is not usually used. If our services can use an agreed set of codes we’ll be able to pull out data easily to demonstrate the activity our services are undertaking, and to make any needed requests for funding
2. To understand numbers of staff in sexual health clinics who may need access to vaccines – your clinics should already have received this request from your branch chairs
3. To have a steer around what clinics can consider doing in terms of pathways, especially in the context of clinics being on different sites and with different logistic access to HCIDs

Professor Matt Phillips
BASHH Treasurer