Thursday, January 30, 2025 12 noon – 1:00 pm
The Georgia Newborn Screening Program of the Georgia Department of Public Health will host virtual office hours to discuss the new CCHD algorithm and other recommendations of the updated clinical report; register here. Click here to view the clinical report.
The new guidelines aim to improve data uniformity, simplify the screening process, and include setting a 95% oxygen saturation threshold for both pre- and postductal measurements. Retests for indeterminate cases are limited in the new guidelines.
This AAP News article summarizes these new recommendations. If families have questions, this article from Healthy Children and AAP patient care video can help.
The Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is incorporated in the state of Georgia.