Welcome to Essential Access Health Chlamydia/Gonorrhea (CT/GC) Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) Distribution Program Resource Library. Browse the categories below to find a wealth of resources related to EPT. Many resources have come from our partners at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department of Public Health STD Control Branch (CDPH STDCB).
Note: EPT is also known as "Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy (PDPT)" and some older materials still use the alternate wording.
Workflows
Counseling
- Expedited Partner Therapy: A Counseling Guide for Providers (PDF) - For a print-quality version of this file, please email us
Family PACT + Medi-Cal Billing
- FamilyPACT Benefits: Family Planning-Related Services (PDF)
- FamilyPACT Benefits Grid: STI Services (PDF)
Guidelines
- 2021 STD Treatment Guidelines (PDF)
- Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) for Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Resource for California Health Care Providers – What is EPT and Why Should I Prescribe It?
- How to Prescribe EPT for STIs: A Resource for California Health Care Providers - 2023
- 2021 California STI Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart (PDF)
- Standard of Care for Patients with Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Expedited Partner Therapy
- CDC Chlamydia Screening and Treatment Guidelines - 2021
- CDC Gonorrhea Screening and Treatment Guidelines - 2021
- CDC Use of EPT in Treatment of Gonorrhea, 2021
- Best Practices for Preventing Repeat Chlamydial & Gonococcal Infections, 2016
- PDPT Fact Sheet for STD Controllers (PDF)
Legal Status
- California Senate Bill 306 - 2022
- California BPC 4076(g)
- Expedited Partner Therapy for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections Senate Bill 306 Fact Sheet
- Legal Status of EPT in California
Medication Logs
Patient + Partner Education Materials
Patient Education Templates
- Chlamydia Patient Education Template – English (Word)
- Chlamydia Patient Education Template – Spanish (Word)
- Gonorrhea Patient Education Template – English (Word)
- Gonorrhea Patient Education Template – Spanish (Word)
Partner Education: EPT for Chlamydia
- EPT for Chlamydia - Armenian (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia – English (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia - Chinese (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia - Farsi (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia - Hmong (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia - Korean (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia - Punjabi (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia – Spanish (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia - Tagalog (PDF)
- EPT for Chlamydia - Vietnamese (PDF)
Partner Education: EPT for Gonorrhea
- EPT for Gonorrhea - Armenian (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea – English (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea - Chinese (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea - Farsi (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea - Hmong (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea - Korean (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea - Punjabi (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea – Spanish (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea - Tagalog (PDF)
- EPT for Gonorrhea - Vietnamese (PDF)
Patient + Partner General Information
Pharmacists
- Expedited Partner Therapy FAQs for California Pharmacists
- EPT: Pharmacist refusal of legal prescriptions - 2019 Study
- California BPC 4076(g)