Objectives Clinical Assessments and Interventions Follow-up Actions 63 Prevent spread of disease to others and future expo- sures. sure if taking these antibiotics. Other an- tibiotics are effective and can be used if tetracycline cannot be taken. (Penicillin is not effective against chlamydial infections.) ● Refer to health care provider or local health department for diagnosis and treatment. ● Advise employee to complete full course of medication and discuss complications of disease if it is not treated appropriately. ● Advise employee that all sexual partners should be tested and treated appropriately, even if they do not have symptoms of infection. Urge employee to refrain from sexual intercourse until medication regimen is completed and to abstain from sexual contact with any previous sexual partner until he or she has been treated. ● Discuss benefits of using condoms during sexual intercourse to prevent STIs. Encour- age employee to have follow-up examina- tion to ensure absence of infection. ● Advise employee to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Guideline continues on next page