Reducing perinatal infection risk in newborns of mothers who received inadequate prenatal care

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Official Canadian Paediatric Society document (2023) on “Reducing perinatal infection risk in newborns of mothers who received inadequate prenatal care”. Inadequate prenatal care increases risk for maternal infections going undetected and untreated, putting both the mother’s health and that of her infant at risk. When pregnant women present late to care, routine testing that impacts infant management should include: hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg); serology for hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and syphilis; and testing for Chlamydia tra.

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