Change to sepsis advice after mums' herpes deaths

Change to sepsis advice after mums' herpes deaths Advice on how new mothers with sepsis should be treated is to change after two women died of a herpes infection.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says viral sources of infections should be considered and appropriate treatment offered.

This comes after the BBC revealed one surgeon might have infected the mothers while performing Caesareans on them. BBC News

See also: 

• New mothers who died of herpes could have been infected by one surgeon BBC News
• Two mothers died ‘after catching herpes from same caesarean surgeon’ The Daily Telegraph