Courses
Emergency Contraception & Sterilisation
Effectiveness of EC – pregnancy rates
- Overall risk of pregnancy with EC – 1%
- Copper IUD – <0.1%
- Ulipristal acetate 1-2%
- Levonogestrel – 0.6 – 2.6%
Risk of sexually transmitted infections
- Women who are at risk should be offered testing and antibiotic prophylaxis can be given for women who are having the copper IUCD inserted
Aftercare
- Aftercare Check UPT if menses delayed/light or painful
- If on hormonal contraception (quick start after EC) – check UPT anyways
- There is no risk of anomaly to the fetus if she gets pregnant after hormonal EC
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