Nursing home and assisted living services are considered types of long-term care. Long-term care consists of not just medical services, but also personal services, for people who have a disability or illness.
If your practitioner doesn't offer the GBS test during late pregnancy, ask for it. When group B strep testing is done This test is usually performed between week 35 and week 37 of pregnancy (testing before 35 weeks isn't accurate in predicting who will be carrying GBS at the time of labor).
Clinical Significance. Immune Complex Detection by C1q Binding is useful in diagnosing and monitoring immune complex diseases such as vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosis, glomulonephritis, diffuse interstitial lung disease, and neoplastic diseases. The test may also have prognostic value.