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Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey

This study sought to assess the current state of screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in newborns among birth hospitals and newborn nurseries in the state of Massachusetts. A survey assessing hospital protocols for cytomegalovirus testing in newborns was distributed to all birth hospit...

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Autores principales: Glovsky, Cheryl K., Carroll, Kendall, Clark, Naomi, Colleran, Peter, Colleran, Vanessa, Gaffney, Shayne, Kenna, Margaret, Kuhns-Rankin, Evelyn, Luiselli, Tracy Evans, Mango, Talia, Morris, Barbara, Mullen, Charlotte, Stenerson, Matthew, Gibson, Laura, Cohen, Michael S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36547382
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijns8040065
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author Glovsky, Cheryl K.
Carroll, Kendall
Clark, Naomi
Colleran, Peter
Colleran, Vanessa
Gaffney, Shayne
Kenna, Margaret
Kuhns-Rankin, Evelyn
Luiselli, Tracy Evans
Mango, Talia
Morris, Barbara
Mullen, Charlotte
Stenerson, Matthew
Gibson, Laura
Cohen, Michael S.
author_facet Glovsky, Cheryl K.
Carroll, Kendall
Clark, Naomi
Colleran, Peter
Colleran, Vanessa
Gaffney, Shayne
Kenna, Margaret
Kuhns-Rankin, Evelyn
Luiselli, Tracy Evans
Mango, Talia
Morris, Barbara
Mullen, Charlotte
Stenerson, Matthew
Gibson, Laura
Cohen, Michael S.
author_sort Glovsky, Cheryl K.
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description This study sought to assess the current state of screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in newborns among birth hospitals and newborn nurseries in the state of Massachusetts. A survey assessing hospital protocols for cytomegalovirus testing in newborns was distributed to all birth hospitals and newborn nurseries in Massachusetts from November 2020 to February 2021. 73.3% of hospitals responded to at least one survey question. Of these, fewer than half (48.5%) had any established approach for neonatal cytomegalovirus screening. Salivary polymerase chain reaction was the most common testing modality. Most hospitals did not perform confirmatory testing for positive test results. Most respondents (87.9%) did not know or did not answer how results of cCMV screening were reported to families and who was responsible for coordinating care for cCMV-infected infants. We conclude that congenital cytomegalovirus screening protocols are absent or incomplete in most Massachusetts birth hospitals and newborn nurseries. A cohesive strategy involving standardized education and screening guidelines is needed to reduce the incidence and burden of congenital cytomegalovirus disease on children and their families.
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spelling pubmed-97809082022-12-24 Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey Glovsky, Cheryl K. Carroll, Kendall Clark, Naomi Colleran, Peter Colleran, Vanessa Gaffney, Shayne Kenna, Margaret Kuhns-Rankin, Evelyn Luiselli, Tracy Evans Mango, Talia Morris, Barbara Mullen, Charlotte Stenerson, Matthew Gibson, Laura Cohen, Michael S. Int J Neonatal Screen Article This study sought to assess the current state of screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in newborns among birth hospitals and newborn nurseries in the state of Massachusetts. A survey assessing hospital protocols for cytomegalovirus testing in newborns was distributed to all birth hospitals and newborn nurseries in Massachusetts from November 2020 to February 2021. 73.3% of hospitals responded to at least one survey question. Of these, fewer than half (48.5%) had any established approach for neonatal cytomegalovirus screening. Salivary polymerase chain reaction was the most common testing modality. Most hospitals did not perform confirmatory testing for positive test results. Most respondents (87.9%) did not know or did not answer how results of cCMV screening were reported to families and who was responsible for coordinating care for cCMV-infected infants. We conclude that congenital cytomegalovirus screening protocols are absent or incomplete in most Massachusetts birth hospitals and newborn nurseries. A cohesive strategy involving standardized education and screening guidelines is needed to reduce the incidence and burden of congenital cytomegalovirus disease on children and their families. MDPI 2022-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9780908/ /pubmed/36547382 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijns8040065 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Glovsky, Cheryl K.
Carroll, Kendall
Clark, Naomi
Colleran, Peter
Colleran, Vanessa
Gaffney, Shayne
Kenna, Margaret
Kuhns-Rankin, Evelyn
Luiselli, Tracy Evans
Mango, Talia
Morris, Barbara
Mullen, Charlotte
Stenerson, Matthew
Gibson, Laura
Cohen, Michael S.
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey
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title_full Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey
title_fullStr Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey
title_short Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey
title_sort congenital cytomegalovirus screening in massachusetts birth hospitals: a statewide survey
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36547382
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijns8040065
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