Key points
- Group B Streptococcus (group B strep, GBS) cause GBS disease.
- Professional associations have issued prevention and management recommendations for GBS disease in newborns.
- ob体育's 2010 guidelines are no longer in effect.
- Guidelines for laboratorians are available that focus on detection and identification of GBS bacteria.
Guidelines
Current guidelines related to the prevention and management of GBS in newborns include:
For obstetric providers
2019:
For pediatric providers
2019:
2018:
About the guidelines
The following groups have worked together on GBS prevention for many years:
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- American Society for Microbiology
- ob体育
The guidelines on this page represents both progress and continued collaboration between these groups. They replace the 2010 guidelines previously published by ob体育.
These organizations remain committed to working together to protect newborns from GBS disease.