The Visit Process
You are welcome to visit the Southeast STD Clinic between the hours of 8:15am and 3:15pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The SE STD Clinic operates on a walk-in basis and does not make appointments. The clinic usually has 3-4 clinicians available and average waits are less than 90 minutes. Depending on the time of day, some waits may be longer or shorter than the average. Generally, waits are shortest earlier in the day.
When you get to the SE STD Clinic, the person at the front desk will ask for identification and provide a registration form for you to complete. The personal information on this form will be protected as you will then be given a letter or number to be used as identification while you’re receiving care in the SE STD Clinic. This is to protect your privacy and confidentiality.
There is no fee for services.
You can make yourself comfortable in the waiting room until your ID number or letter is called. You will then speak with a counselor, who will discuss with you the visit process, address your concerns, and counsel you about STIs (and, if an HIV test will be ordered, perform mandated pre-test counseling). After speaking with the counselor, you will have your blood drawn and a rapid HIV test will be performed, if ordered. Upon completion of the blood lab work, you will visit with the clinician who will take a sexual history, do a comprehensive STI exam, perform any additional lab tests, and prescribe medication, as indicated.
If you are diagnosed with a reportable STI—gonorrhea, chlamydia, chancroid, syphilis, HIV—you will then be referred to the counselor for enhanced counseling, including discussion of how to talk to your sexual partners about their exposure to an STI as well as how to prevent future infections. After counseling, it’s possible that your blood will be drawn again. You will also receive any necessary medications and vaccinations, as well as information on follow-up appointments.
Confidentiality
Your records at the SE STD Clinic Clinic are always kept confidential. This means that information regarding testing, diagnosis and treatment services provided at the SE STD Clinic is privileged and will only be released to your treating physician upon request.
All SE STD Clinic staff sign an oath to keep confidential any and all information having to do with our patients. The oath specifically states that staff will not remove files from the SE STD Clinic without authorization and will not divulge any information regarding patients to unauthorized persons. The staff understands that the unauthorized release of information will result in disciplinary action or termination of their employment with the District of Columbia.
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Contact Information
Clinic Location:
Southeast STD Clinic
D.C. General Health Campus
19th and Massachusetts Ave, SE
Building #8
Washington, DC 20003
Click here for a Google Map.
Walk-in Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:15am-3:15pm
Telephone:
202-698-4050
Additional Contact Numbers:
General Information: 202-698-4050
School-based Screening results (chlamydia & gonorrhea): 202-478-1411
Provider Consultation Line: 202-442-4705
Provider STD Reporting: 202-442-4771, 202-727-4934 (fax)
Directions:
The SE STD Clinic can be reached by the Metrorail (Blue/Orange Lines, Stop: Stadium-Armory) or the Metro Bus (Routes 96 & B2, Stop: DC General Hospital; and D6 & 97, Stop: Stadium-Armory).
From the Stadium Armory Stop:
Walk south on 19th street (against traffic) until you see the other entrance for the metro. Walk in the main entrance of the DC General Health Campus and follow the road down to the main bus stop. Follow directions from the DC General Bus Stop from there.
From the DC General Bus Stop:
Walk down the concrete stairs following the concrete path through the circle and past Reentry Services. Follow the dirt path on the left down the hill to the parking lot. Detox will be on your right hand side. The SE STD Clinic is the building across the parking lot next to the large smoke stack.
Driving:
Enter the DC General Campus through the main DC General entrance. Follow the road and go right to enter the circle. Go half way around, going right at the first opportunity. Make the second left into a parking lot (the DC Jail will be on your right) follow it to the end. At the end make a left onto the road (the DC Medical Examiner’s office will be on your left). Go to the end of the street and the SE STD Clinic is the last building on the left by the smoke stack.
