Department of Health Home A to Z Topics About the Department of Health Site Map Contact Us - Opens in a new window

banner071107_STD
For a Healthy Tomorrow, Prevent STDs Today! For a Healthy Tomorrow, Prevent STDs Today! For a Healthy Tomorrow, Prevent STDs Today! For a Healthy Tomorrow, Prevent STDs Today!
For a Healthy Tomorrow, Prevent STDs Today!
Link to A.G. Holley State Hospital Link to Epidemiology Link to Bureau of HIV and AIDS Link to Bureau of Immunizations Link to Bureau of Refugee Health Link to Bureau of STD Prevention and Control Link to Bureau of TB

The Bureau of STD Prevention and Control ::: Division of Disease ControlVision: A healthier future for the people of Florida

Mission: Promote, protect, and improve the health of all people in Florida.
 

Opens in a New Window ::: InSPOT Florida Website Link ::: Tell you partner you have an STD with inSPOT

If you can't tell them about an STD in person or over the phone, in Florida there is another option. 
Using inSPOT, you can send e-cards anonymously OR from your email address at: www.inSPOT.org/Florida
 

STD Awareness Poster ::: For a Healthy Tomorrow. Prevent STDs Today.

Get Tested. Get Treated. 
Get Going . . .Today!

Get tested for STDs regularly!  If you are sexually active you should be tested for STDs every three months. 

Get checked by your physician or visit your local health department to be tested for a sexually transmitted infection today!

For information about a county health department STD clinic nearest to you, please visit our STD clinic directory.

Public Health Alert: 
Florida Department of Health Issues Notice of Change in Treatment of Gonorrhea

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Department of Health is advising Florida practitioners to discontinue use of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of gonorrhea.  The decision is based on recent data analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), a sentinel surveillance system based in 28 U.S. cities, including Miami.  

For more information please select:  STD Press Release (PDF 63KB) or MMWR Update of CDC's Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines.

PRISM logo ::: Improving STD client managment through better technology

PRISM: Using the latest technology to improve STD client management

In January 2007, the Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease released a new web-based application called PRISM (Patient Reporting, Investigation and Surveillance Manager). PRISM has been designed to receive electronic lab results from the public labs of the state of Florida. This will decrease the time frame in which an infection is brought to our attention. Once the application receives the lab results, the local STD program will be notified via a task list that a new record has arrived. The STD program supervisor will then determine whether the patient is a priority case, such as a pregnant female, a minor under twelve years of age or someone who has been seen with multiple instances of infection, and then assign it to an STD Epidemiologist (aka Disease Intervention Specialist). This will be a time savings of at least a week compared to the old application, STD-MIS, and provides enhanced patient management tools help the Bureau of STD better serve Floridians.