The impact of prenatal group B streptococcus screening as a national health policy in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Fung-Wei Chang (Author), Chun-I Lee (Author), Hueng-Chuen Fan (Author), Her-Young Su (Author), Yung-Liang Liu (Author), Cheng-Yu Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: There was no national data on group B streptococcus (GBS) infections in Taiwan. Until 2012, when prenatal GBS screening was introduced to obstetric practices as a national health policy aimed at reducing neonatal GBS infections. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of this...