A framework for key considerations regarding point-of-care screening of newborns

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• Alternative Title:
  Genet Med
• Personal Author:
  Kemper, Alex R. ; Kus, Christopher A. ; Ostrander, Robert J. ; Comeau, Anne Marie ; Boyle, Coleen A. ; Dougherty, Denise ; Mann, Marie Y. ; Botkin, Jeffrey R. ; Green, Nancy S.
• Description:
  Newborn screening is performed under public health authority, with analysis carried out primarily by public health laboratories or other centralized laboratories. Increasingly, opportunities to improve infant health will arise from including screening tests that are completed at the birth centers instead of in centralized laboratories, constituting a significant shift for newborn screening. This report summarizes a framework developed by the US Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children based on a series of meetings held during 2011 and 2012. These meetings were for the purpose of evaluating whether conditions identifiable through point-of-care screening should be added to the recommended universal screening panel, and to identify key considerations for birth hospitals, public health agencies, and clinicians when point-of-care newborn screening is implemented.
• Subjects:
  Government Programs Health Personnel Hearing Loss Heart Defects, Congenital Humans Infant, Newborn Neonatal Screening Point-of-Care Systems Practice Guidelines As Topic Professional Role Public Health

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• Source:
  Genet Med. 14(12):951-954.
• Pubmed ID:
  22899090
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4521507
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  AVU3/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b1a7eb47ac5da568180dc4dcb241ef2fcd0cfb580a4f9a921cc69194fc2c196f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33842/cdc_33842_DS1.pdf
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