II. Indications
- Contraception initiation
III. Labs
-
Pregnancy Test
- Negative Pregnancy Test alone does not completely exclude pregnancy (if too early)
IV. Evaluation: Confirmation of nonpregnant state
- Criteria
- No signs or symptoms of pregnancy AND
- At least one of the following
- Normal Menses started within last 7 days
- No intercourse since start of last normal Menses
- Correctly and consistently using reliable Contraception
- Miscarriage or induced abortion in last 7 days
- Postpartum with delivery within last 4 weeks
- Breast Feeding for at least 85% of feeds, amenorrheic and <6 months postpartum
- Efficacy
- Negative Predictive Value: 99-100% for predicting nonpregnant state