New research: 80% of newborns considered LOW RISK for early onset sepsis (EOS) still received antibiotics

Toni Harman
3 min readJan 19, 2022

Quick Summary: A new study of 7,549 newborn babies found 80% considered LOW RISK for early-onset sepsis (EOS) — they all still received antibiotics.

To me, this is really shocking. A new study found 80% of newborn babies considered LOW RISK for early-onset sepsis (EOS) — they all still…

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Toni Harman

I help parents and health professionals better understand the science of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the microbiome. https://linktr.ee/toniharman