Closing the Expedited Partner Therapy Awareness Gap

By Marcus A. BanksPharmacist-led sexually transmitted infection (STI) care at University Hospitals, in Cleveland, is expanding beyond patients to include their sexual partners through expedited partner therapy (EPT), an approach experts said remains underused despite nearly two decades of support from the CDC.At University Hospitals, pharmacists have led STI follow-up and prescribing efforts since 2022 and began offering EPT in January 2025 under Ohio law granting them provider status, according