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Table 1 Attitudes of stakeholders in STI surveillance schemes in Wales towards perceived importance of and responsibility for investigating STI outbreaks – contrasted by efforts of identifying these outbreaks.

From: Identifying outbreaks of sexually transmitted infection: who cares?

Health Profession

Participation

Investigating STI outbreaks is important*

Am responsible for participating in STI outbreak investigation

Actively looked for STI outbreaks in last 12 months

 

n/N

(%)

n/N

(%)

n/N

(%)

n/N

(%)

Microbiologist

8/14

(57)

1/8

(13)

5/8

(57)

1/7

(14)

GUM † Consultant

9/11

(82)

9/9

(100)

7/9

(78)

3/9

(33)

CCDC †

5/5

(100)

4/5

(80)

4/5

(80)

0/4

(0)

CDSC-Epidemiologist†

4/4

(100)

3/4

(75)

4/4

(100)

2/4

(50)

Total

26/34

(76)

17/26

(65)

19/26

(73)

6/24

(25)

  1. * Proportion of participants who ranked investigation of STI outbreaks as important or very important as compared to: not important, or slightly important, or moderately important
  2. † GUM = Genitourinary Medicine, CCDC = Consultant in Communicable Disease Control,
  3. CDSC = Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre