Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism

Congenital hypothyroidism screening programme in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was started since 2004 using cord blood TSH. An audit of the screening programme for a period of 24 months was done for the year 2010 and 2011. A total of 12928 newborn babies were screened with coverage of 100%. Two ca...

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Main Authors:	Hussain, Suhaimi, Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin, Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation (JICEF) 2013
Subjects:	RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
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spelling	iium-335852015-12-03T03:43:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/ Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism Hussain, Suhaimi Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi RJ101 Child Health. Child health services Congenital hypothyroidism screening programme in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was started since 2004 using cord blood TSH. An audit of the screening programme for a period of 24 months was done for the year 2010 and 2011. A total of 12928 newborn babies were screened with coverage of 100%. Two cases were confirmed to have primary congenital hypothyroidism. The mean recall rate was 2.31% and the mean sample rejection rate was 1.59%. The subject response for the repeat test was 63% for the year 2010 and 78% for the year 2011. Continuous surveillance is important to ensure the National Quality Assurance (QA) were met. Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation (JICEF) 2013-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/1/imj20-5-633abst.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/2/International_Medical_Journal_-_Volume_20%2C_Number_5.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/6/Audit_of_newborn_screening_programme_for_congenital_hypothyroidism.pdf Hussain, Suhaimi and Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin and Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi (2013) Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism. International Medical Journal, 20 (5). pp. 633-634. ISSN 1341-2051 http://www.seronjihou.co.jp/IMJ20-5.html
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spellingShingle	RJ101 Child Health. Child health services Hussain, Suhaimi Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
description	Congenital hypothyroidism screening programme in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was started since 2004 using cord blood TSH. An audit of the screening programme for a period of 24 months was done for the year 2010 and 2011. A total of 12928 newborn babies were screened with coverage of 100%. Two cases were confirmed to have primary congenital hypothyroidism. The mean recall rate was 2.31% and the mean sample rejection rate was 1.59%. The subject response for the repeat test was 63% for the year 2010 and 78% for the year 2011. Continuous surveillance is important to ensure the National Quality Assurance (QA) were met.
format	Article
author	Hussain, Suhaimi Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi
author_facet	Hussain, Suhaimi Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi
author_sort	Hussain, Suhaimi
title	Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_short	Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_full	Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_fullStr	Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_full_unstemmed	Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_sort	audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
publisher	Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation (JICEF)
publishDate	2013
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Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism

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