title: Hearing-screening record-keeping practices at primary healthcare clinics in Gauteng.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  As little is known about hearing screening practices at primary healthcare (PHC) clinics in South Africa, the study aimed to describe hearing-screening and record-keeping practices of nurses during typical immunisation sessions at PHC clinics in Gauteng, South Africa.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were obtained through observations (N2 = 80) and questionnaires (N1 = 20) which were then cross-checked with retrospective information collected from the Road-to-Health Charts and City of Johannesburg Child Health Services Blue Cards of children observed during typical immunisation sessions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A key finding of this study was that PHC nurses who participated in this study do not adhere to the hearing-screening record-keeping practices as outlined by the national Department of Health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Poor record-keeping practices hinder the efficacy of hearing-screening programmes. Accurate record keeping is important in order to document outcomes which can be used to evaluate service delivery and the efficacy of hearing-screening programmes.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Joubert
authors.forename: Aisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casoojee
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000379:methods; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D009737:Nursing Records; D059017:Primary Care Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013019:South Africa