Effectiveness of a targeted screening program in identifying infants with positive urine toxicology screening results in a regular neonatal nursery

P T Horn; J Mendelsohn; M I Bowers; M Chappen; J R Schreier; S H Spalding; J Weyher; J E Berkelhamer

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(05)81557-4

Effectiveness of a targeted screening program in identifying infants with positive urine toxicology screening results in a regular neonatal nursery

J Pediatr. 1993 Jul;123(1):137-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)81557-4.

Authors

P T Horn¹, J Mendelsohn, M I Bowers, M Chappen, J R Schreier, S H Spalding, J Weyher, J E Berkelhamer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, IL 60612.

PMID: 8320608
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)81557-4

Abstract

We compared the effectiveness in identifying infants with positive results on urine screening for drugs of abuse of a universal screening program and a targeted screening program on the basis of clinical suspicion. A carefully run targeted screening program identified 24.3% of the admissions for toxicology testing and would have found all but two of the infants with positive results.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Chicago / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Mass Screening / methods*
Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data
Nurseries, Hospital*
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects*
Program Evaluation
Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders / prevention & control
Substance-Related Disorders / urine*