Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Sexual abuse in children and adolescents".)
International
●International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN): Intimate partner violence nurse examiner education guidelines (updated 2020)
●Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and IAFN: Joint position statement on intimate partner violence (2018)
●IAFN: Sexual assault nurse examiner education guidelines, adult and pediatric (updated 2018)
●FIGO: Guidelines for the management of female survivors of sexual assault (2010)
●IAFN: Position statement on the use of emergency contraception post sexual assault (2009)
Canada
United States
●American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Policy statement for the management of the patient with the complaint of sexual assault (1992, reaffirmed 2020)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on sexual misconduct (2020)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on sexual assault (2019)
●ACEP: Policy statement for the selective triage for victims of sexual assault to designated exam facilities (2006, reaffirmed 2018)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on reproductive and sexual coercion (2013)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on intimate partner violence (2012)
Europe
United Kingdom
●British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH): UK national guidelines on the management of adult and adolescent complainants of sexual assault (2011, updated 2012)
Australia–New Zealand
●Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM): Australasian STI management guidelines – Adult sexual assault (updated 2019)