{"id":7621,"date":"2017-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/news-releases\/guideline-changes-to-frequency-of-pap-tests-has-led-to-less-screening-and-diagnosis-of-chlamydia\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:15:31","slug":"guideline-changes-to-frequency-of-pap-tests-has-led-to-less-screening-and-diagnosis-of-chlamydia","status":"publish","type":"news_release","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/guideline-changes-to-frequency-of-pap-tests-has-led-to-less-screening-and-diagnosis-of-chlamydia\/","title":{"rendered":"Guideline changes to frequency of Pap tests has led to less screening and diagnosis of chlamydia"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unintended consequence of changes to Ontario’s cervical cancer screening guidelines led to thousands of women not being tested and diagnosed for chlamydia, new research from Public Health Ontario (PHO), the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)<\/span> and Mount Sinai Hospital has found.<\/p>\n

In May 2012, changes to cervical cancer screening guidelines in Ontario<\/a> recommended that women who have ever been sexually active receive a Pap test every three years starting at age 21. Prior to 2012, annual Pap tests were recommended for women starting 3 years after becoming sexually active. While doing the Pap test, it was common practice for physicians to also collect swabs to screen for sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted infection in Ontario and around the world. PHO surveillance data shows an increasing trend of chlamydia cases.<\/p>\n

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