General practice & primary care · UKMLA & AKT
Newborn and child screening programmes
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
Key high-yield points
- Routinely offered to ALL pregnant women: HIV, hepatitis B, rubella, syphilis
- NOT routinely screened: hepatitis C, cytomegalovirus (CMV), toxoplasmosis, Group B Streptococcus
Classic exam question: 'Which infection is part of routine antenatal screening?' - the answer is almost always HIV. Hepatitis C, CMV, toxoplasmosis, and GBS are all distractors.
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