Cepheid, ThermoBiostar in UK intrapartum strep-B test HTA
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's NHS is to launch a study to assess the potential for rapid point-of-care testing for group-B streptococcus (GBS) in women during labour, in a bid to tackle this most frequent cause of severe early-onset infection in newborns, it was announced today.