Group B step screening

A research project to assess the benefit of screening pregnant women for group B Streptococci. This is a bacteria  that can be passed onto a baby during vaginal delivery. In babies  Group B Steptococcus can lead to  breathing difficulties, difficulties in feeding and fever and occasionally it can lead to severe  complications  including sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis. The research project involves screening all pregnant women and treating with antibiotics to reduce the risk of transmission, it has also supported improved monitoring of babies following birth.