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Keywords
Hearing loss, infant, newborn, toddler, screening, neonatal intensive care unit, Michigan
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Nursing
Description
Hearing loss can have profound effects on an infant’s development. The state of Michigan's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program aims to produce better outcomes for children with hearing loss by identifying infants at risk and early intervention. A hearing screen is completed on all newborn infants as close to discharge as possible and results sent to the state. The hearing screen results were not being received by the state within the recommended timeframe of 7 days after performing the test in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The director of Neonatology was receiving numerous notifications of missing hearing screen results. The aim of this quality improvement project was to review the process for sending the hearing screens to the state and implement changes to meet the 7-day timeframe.
Publication Date
5-6-2024
Recommended Citation
Norris N, Kalasky A. Baby, can you hear me? improving the timeframe of hearing screen results sent to the state of Michigan. Presented at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital; 2024 May 6-12; Royal Oak, MI.
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Nurses Week at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, May 6-12, 2024.