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Streptococcus: Screening

Asked by Alison BennettLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 10 March 2025UIN 35121

The question

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.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

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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