Effectiveness of a targeted screening program in identifying infants with positive urine toxicology screening results in a regular neonatal nursery.
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.
Horn
P T
PT
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, IL 60612.
Mendelsohn
J
J
Bowers
M I
MI
Chappen
M
M
Schreier
J R
JR
Spalding
S H
SH
Weyher
J
J
Berkelhamer
J E
JE
D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009725:Nurseries, Hospital; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000652:urine*