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Keywords

Newborn, screening, quality improvement, neonatal intensive care unit

Disciplines

Nursing

Description

Newborn screens in the state of Michigan test for 59 different disorders. Timely diagnosis of these disorders provides the medical team and families with resources to treat or support these disorders and improves mortality and morbidity with early detection and intervention. After reviewing quarterly reports of Newborn Screening Quality Assurance provided to management by the state of Michigan, demonstrated the need for improvement in the process of obtaining newborn screens on site and ensuring the timely delivery of screens to the State. Quarterly reports provide data regarding late screens, receipt by appropriate day, unsatisfactory screen, NBS card number, returned Biotrust for health consent forms and NBS cards with incorrect demographic data are sent to every hospital in the state. This project focused on decreasing percentages of unsatisfactory screens and increasing receipt by appropriate day by providing nurses with proper procedure of obtaining appropriate blood samples and importance of timely submission to allow for courier pickup.

Publication Date

5-6-2024

Comments

Nurses Week at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, May 6-12, 2024.

Newborn Screening Quality Improvement Project in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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