Mobile Apps & Resources: Prevent Group B Strep (GBS)

Stated Purpose  

“With this application, you can:

1. Obtain customized, evidence-based recommendations to prevent neonatal GBS disease based on a maternal and neonatal clinical information.

2. Obtain optimal antibiotic recommendations for GBS prevention.”

from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prevent-group-b-strep-gbs/id689290789

“Prevent Group B Strep is a standalone application that provides patient-specific and scenario-specific guidance consistent with ACOG 2020 Committee Opinion: Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Early-Onset Disease in Newborns. Obstetric providers respond to prompts about their patient’s clinical characteristics. The App then displays specific patient management recommendations. Specific guidance is also offered about antibiotic choices for patients requiring intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. Neonatal providers can also find a link to current recommendations from the AAP for patients at risk for GBS disease.”  from https://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep/guidelines/prevention-app.html

Screenshots

Image Source: Prevent Group B Strep (GBS). Retrieved on December 6, 2022 from: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prevent-group-b-strep-gbs/id689290789

Specialties/Disciplines

Part 1: Editorial committee, content updates, and evidence grading
The app is consistent with AAP’s “Management of Infants at Risk for Group B Streptococcal Disease” and ACOG’s “Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Early-Onset Disease in Newborns”. There is no mention of a grading system or when the evidence will be updated.

Complete Evaluation

Organization of information

The information is organized into three areas: neonatal, obstetric providers and antibiotic regimens. Once you select a category, then an interactive decision tree is available to provide patient specific advice for the ‘Obstetric Providers’ and ‘Antibiotic Regimen’ tools. ‘Neonatal Providers’ tool links to AAP guidelines online and is less useful.

Navigation

Neonatal tool links directly to AAP guidelines. Obstetric Providers and Antibiotic Regimen tools provide advice after answering a series of questions.

Extras

User Account required: No 
Internet connection required for use: Incomplete: Internet access required to view AAP guidelines for ‘Neonatal Providers’ tool and required to view ACOG guidelines for ‘less common clinical scenarios’ not covered by the ‘Obstetric Providers’ and ‘Antibiotic Regimen’ tools
Text search field: No
Browsable content: No
Advertisements: No
Pop-up advertisements: No
In-app purchases: No

Complete Evaluation

Devices
Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac with Apple M1 chip or later
Requires: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch requires iOS 11.0 or later; MacOS 11.0 or later https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prevent-group-b-strep-gbs/id689290789 
Last updated (as per App store listing) : September 10, 2021

Compatible with: All Android devices (web version also available)
Requires: Android 5.1 and up. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.cdc.ncird.dbd.GBS&gl=us
Last updated (as per Google Play listing): January 27, 2022

Size
28.4 MB (iOS); 15.22 MB (Android)