Volume 11, Number 9—September 2005
Dispatch
Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Prevention, Minnesota
Craig A. Morin*
, Karen White*, Anne Schuchat†, Richard N. Danila*, and Ruth Lynfield*
, Karen White*, Anne Schuchat†, Richard N. Danila*, and Ruth Lynfield*
Table 1
Change in policy types to prevent perinatal group B streptococci infection, Minnesota, 1998 and 2002
| Policy | Obstetricians |
Midwives |
Family practitioners |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998, n (%) (N = 127) | 2002, n (%) (N = 189) | 1998, n (%) (N = 104) | 2002, n (%) (N = 97) | 1998, n (%) (N = 200) | 2002, n (%) (N = 64) | |
| Screening-based* | 46 (36) | 170 (90) | 13 (13) | 70 (72) | 84 (42) | 53 (83) |
| Risk-based* | 74 (58) | 12 (6) | 75 (72) | 13 (13) | 87 (43) | 5 (8) |
| Risk-based, planning to implement screening-based | – | 5 (3) | – | 14 (15) | – | 5 (8) |
| Other/unknown† | 7 (6) | 2 (1) | 16 (15) | 0 | 29 (15) | 1 (1) |
*p<0.001, change from 1998 to 2002 among all prenatal care provider groups.
†p<0.005, change from 1998 to 2002 among all prenatal care provider groups.
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