# USPSTF 2024: screening and supplementation for iron deficiency in pregnancy

Guideline · id `maternal:guideline-uspstf-2024-iron-pregnancy` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `c7fb95f1d15a7d13` (public)

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## In plain language

A 2024 statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force on iron in healthy pregnancy. It says the evidence is not enough to judge the benefits and harms of screening for iron deficiency, or of routine iron supplements, in pregnant people without symptoms.

## Technical summary

USPSTF recommendation statement, JAMA 2024, volume 332, issue 11 (PubMed issue date 2024-09-17). Both conclusions are I statements, recorded as claims on the iron page. Whether a later edition exists was not checked. The guideline's source is the USPSTF final recommendation statement page, which gives the statement date that the recommendation decisions use; the JAMA statement stays cited in the claims.

## Connected pages

- Issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (`core:uspstf`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 2e5695556daf55c381a844cde63a6cda365d3f30c76417ed0122f83e019e975a
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-14