Screening culture is a type a medical test that is done to find an infection.
Screening cultures are often performed to find infections that do not have signs and symptoms.
Medical studies show that prenatal screening cultures reduce the incidence of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease.
Studies of single institutions or health maintenance organizations show institutions with a culture-based screening policy have close to 90% of delivering women with documented GBS screening, and close to 90% of GBS-positive women received intrapartum antibiotics.
[2] Intensive care units of major hospitals routinely provide nasal, groin or axilla swabs for screening of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)or Multi-resistant organisms (MRO).