Effectiveness of a targeted screening program in identifying infants with positive urine toxicology screening results in a regular neonatal nursery.

Horn, P T; Mendelsohn, J; Bowers, M I; Chappen, M; Schreier, J R; Spalding, S H; Weyher, J; Berkelhamer, J E · J Pediatr · 1993

case_control · Level III

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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.

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