September 8, 2015 – The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released today final recommendation statements on Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia and Iron Supplementation in Pregnant Women and Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children. To view the recommendations and the evidence on which they are based, please go here and here. Fact sheets that explain these final recommendations in plain language are also available. The final recommendation statement on screening for iron deficiency anemia and iron supplementation in pregnant women can be found in the September 8 online issue of Annals of Internal Medicine and the recommendation statement on screening for iron deficiency anemia in young children can be found in the September 8 online issue of Pediatrics.
