title: Effectiveness of a targeted screening program in identifying infants with positive urine toxicology screening results in a regular neonatal nursery.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, IL 60612.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mendelsohn
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chappen
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schreier
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Spalding
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weyher
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Berkelhamer
mesh_terms: 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*