PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(3 March 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that Group B Streptococcus-specific enriched culture medium testing is available in hospital laboratories.
Asked by:
Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
Enriched culture medium testing is used in National Health Service laboratories. Current clinical practice is that if a routine urine test in pregnancy indicates a bacterial infection, microbiology techniques, such as enriched culture medium plates, should be used to identify the bacteria.
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