Doctors lose ‘main tool’ for determining preterm labour

Rural doctors say the fetal fibronectin test helps them decide whether preterm labour is real.
Staff writer
Associate Professor Jared Watts.

Doctors say they have lost their main tool for determining preterm labour after manufacturers of the rapid fetal fibronectin test announced plans to withdraw it from sale.

US manufacturer Hologic announced in July it would stop manufacturing the test, which will be discontinued globally in September.