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Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey

Glovsky, Cheryl K
Carroll, Kendall
Clark, Naomi
Colleran, Peter
Colleran, Vanessa
Gaffney, Shayne
Kenna, Margaret
Kuhns-Rankin, Evelyn
Luiselli, Tracy Evans
Mango, Talia
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This study sought to assess the current state of screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in newborns among birth hospitals and newborn nurseries in the state of Massachusetts. A survey assessing hospital protocols for cytomegalovirus testing in newborns was distributed to all birth hospitals and newborn nurseries in Massachusetts from November 2020 to February 2021. 73.3% of hospitals responded to at least one survey question. Of these, fewer than half (48.5%) had any established approach for neonatal cytomegalovirus screening. Salivary polymerase chain reaction was the most common testing modality. Most hospitals did not perform confirmatory testing for positive test results. Most respondents (87.9%) did not know or did not answer how results of cCMV screening were reported to families and who was responsible for coordinating care for cCMV-infected infants. We conclude that congenital cytomegalovirus screening protocols are absent or incomplete in most Massachusetts birth hospitals and newborn nurseries. A cohesive strategy involving standardized education and screening guidelines is needed to reduce the incidence and burden of congenital cytomegalovirus disease on children and their families.

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Glovsky CK, Carroll K, Clark N, Colleran P, Colleran V, Gaffney S, Kenna M, Kuhns-Rankin E, Luiselli TE, Mango T, Morris B, Mullen C, Stenerson M, Gibson L, Cohen MS. Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening in Massachusetts Birth Hospitals: A Statewide Survey. Int J Neonatal Screen. 2022 Dec 13;8(4):65. doi: 10.3390/ijns8040065. PMID: 36547382; PMCID: PMC9780908.

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10.3390/ijns8040065
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Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).Attribution 4.0 International