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Microbial Control and Monitoring Strategies for Cleanroom Environments and Cellular Therapies

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A practical approach to implementing new CDC GBS guidelines.

Shawna M Hill¹, Margie A Bridges, Alexis L Knudsen

¹Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue, WA, USA. Shawna.hill@overlakehospital.org

MCN. the American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

|June 25, 2013

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Group beta streptococcus (GBS) can cause serious harm to mothers and newborns. New CDC guidelines require practical implementation strategies, which this study addresses with clear maternal and newborn algorithms for managing GBS during pregnancy and childbirth.

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Area of Science:

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Infectious Diseases
Nursing Practice

Background:

Group beta streptococcus (GBS) is a significant pathogen linked to maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality.
The 2010 CDC guidelines for GBS management in pregnancy lack practical implementation strategies.
Existing literature and CDC documents offer limited guidance on translating GBS recommendations into clinical practice.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop practical algorithms for the intrapartum management of pregnant clients positive for GBS.
To clarify the 2010 CDC newborn algorithm for GBS exposure.
To provide tools for consistent implementation of complex GBS guidelines in perinatal care.

Main Methods:

Development of a maternal intrapartum management algorithm based on risk factors.
Clarification of the existing CDC (2010) newborn algorithm for GBS.
Utilized the nursing process to structure the translation of guidelines into practice.

Main Results:

Created a novel algorithm for maternal intrapartum GBS management.
Provided a clarified version of the CDC (2010) newborn GBS algorithm.
Algorithms offer practical clarification without altering CDC recommendations.

Conclusions:

The developed algorithms enhance the practical implementation of 2010 CDC GBS guidelines.
These tools address provider confusion and facilitate consistent perinatal GBS management.
The approach can assist other facilities in managing perinatal GBS.