DOI: 10.5694/mja2.70329 ISSN: 0025-729X
Awareness and Prescribing Practices for Doxycycline Post‐Exposure Prophylaxis (
doxyPEP
) Among Healthcare Providers Delivering Sexual Health Care in Australia: A Cross‐Sectional Survey
Haein Lee, Fabian Y. S. Kong, Ei T. Aung, Vincent J. Cornelisse, Teralynn Ludwick, Christopher K. Fairley, Benjamin Riley, Phyu Mon Latt, Eric P. F. Chow ABSTRACT
We surveyed 215 healthcare providers delivering sexual health care in Australia about doxycycline post‐exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for sexually transmitted infection prevention. Awareness was high (190/215, 88.4%) and half of those aware (94/190, 49.5%) had prescribed doxyPEP in the past 6 months. Among those who had not prescribed doxyPEP in the past 6 months, concern about antimicrobial resistance was the most frequently reported reason (85/121, 70.2%).