PERINATAL GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS - THE NURSES ROLE IN IDENTIFICATION AND PROPHYLAXIS

Authors
Citation
L. Mahlmeister, PERINATAL GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS - THE NURSES ROLE IN IDENTIFICATION AND PROPHYLAXIS, The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing, 10(2), 1996, pp. 1-16
Citations number
27
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing
ISSN journal
0893-2190
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0893-2190(1996)10:2<1:PGSI-T>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of perinatal infectious m orbidity and mortality in the United States. An estimated 50,000 women and 7,600 neonates experience GBS disease, and as many as 310 infants die each year. In 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics published recommendations for identification and treatment of pregnant women col onized with GBS. In 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi on and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists develop ed more comprehensive guidelines. The article describes the central ro le of perinatal nurses in the identification of pregnant women coloniz ed with GBS, patient education about GBS disease, and successful imple mentation of intrapartum GBS prophylaxis.