The impetus of the neonatal screening
programs has pushed forward the development of the OAE technology.
Therefore it is not surprising that the actual status in the screening
field changes more rapidly than
in other clinical area where OAEs have been applied.
NOTE
: Some documents are presented in the pdf format. If you don't have
the Pdf Adobe Acrobat reader you can download
it from here
(approximatelly 6 M).
In these pages you can find information on the following screening
programs:
Albania
- Initial information on this pilot program (2004-2005)
can be accessed from a report by
Dr. Birkena Qirjazi .
- Updated information on the program can be obtained from this web site : www.albscreening.com.
Belgium
- information on the program
can be accessed from a guest editorial by
Dr. Paul Govaerts.
Cyprus
- Initial information on this program can be accessed with the the powepoint
material (pdf format) from Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos
presented at an ISA round table (Phoenix , September
25-29, 2004). The author wishes to thank Dr. Chrisoula Thodi and her Cyprian colleagues
colleagues for the latest updates on the Cyprus NHS.
- Update February 2005: The latest data on the Cyprus program can be otianed from the February-March
2005 Guest Editorial by Dr. Todi.
Denmark
- information on the pilot NHS program
can be accessed from the 2008 white paper by
Dr. Konrad Konradsson .
France
Greece
- Athens.
(Editor's NOTE: You could obtain additional
information relevant to the current practises at Athens , by
downloding the on-line lectures of
Dr. Stavros Korres
(2003) )
- ATHENS update 1 (2005): See the report from Dr.
Korres on the Universal screening
activities in Athens.
- GREECE Update 1 (2004) : See the powepoint
material (pdf format) from Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos
presented at an ISA round table (Phoenix , September
25-29, 2004). The author wishes to thank his Greek
colleagues for the latest updates on NHS.
- GREECE Update 2 (2008): See the report by
2007 guest editor Dr. Ioannis
Psarommatis.
Hungary
- Data from the pilot attempts in 2005-2006 are provided by Prof. Joseph Pytel. The information
was lasty revised on 26/11/2006
Italy
- Ferrara
- Genova
- Milano-
Mangiagalli
- Perugia
- See also the powepoint
material (pdf format) from Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos
presented at an ISA round table (Phoenix , September
25-29, 2004). The author wishes to thank his Italian
colleagues for the latest updates on NHS.
Netherlands
-
Details on the Dutch
national screening program presented in a series of short reports
by Dr. van Zantem
- Additional
details on this program ( document in pdf format) from an
ISA round table (Phoenix, September 25-29 ,
2004).
Poland
- Details on the national screening program presented as an
editorial of April-
May 2003
- Updates on the national screening program presented as an
editorial of May-
June 2004
- See also the powepoint
material (pdf format) from Dr. Marzanna Radziszewska-Konopka
presented at an ISA round table (Phoenix , September
25-29, 2004).
Portugal
- See the powepoint
material (pdf format) from Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos
presented at an ISA round table (Phoenix , September
25-29, 2004). The material in this presenation is a
summary from material presented at the ESPO meeting in Athens
( May 15, 2004) by Dr. Luisa Monteiro, from
the Pediatric ENT Hospital Dona Estefânia in Lisbon .
- Update on 20-04-2005: Dr. Luisa Monteiro has provided the most recent data on the screening practises in Portugal. Her report can be downloaded as a pdf file (2.2 MB).
Serbia and Montenegro
- Belgrade. Information on this
program can be found here. The information
was lasty posted on 09/01/2004
Slovenia
- Ljubljana. information on this
program can be found here. The information
was lasty posted on 21/11/2003
Turkey
- See the powepoint
material (pdf format) from Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos
presented at an ISA round table (Phoenix , September
25-29, 2004). The material in this presenation is a
summary from material presented at the ESPO
meeting in Athens ( May 15, 2004) by Dr. Yusuf Kemaloglu, from
the Gazi University ENT clinic, Ankara, Turkey .
UK
- The
material on the UK NHSP was furnished by Nick
Waddell (Portal's liason) and Anne Stevenson
(NHSP Operations Manager). Mr Waddell
serves as 'IT Co-ordinator' for the UK NHSP. He was responsible
for specifying and procuring our national IT system, as well as
overseeing its rollout and ongoing development. He is now more
involved now in strategic planning and developing approaches for
working more closely with other antenatal and newborn screening
programmes, as well as ensuring that the IT system supports our
developing quality assurance strategy.
The information
on the UK program is divided into two parts: The first is a
report (ATTN
pdf file 3.5 M) on the activities and the goals
achieved so far (middle of 2005) and the second a report on
the operational status of the program in 2005.
(40K).
- UPDATE on 11/2006 (sent in by Nick Wadell) . The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme completed implementation in March 2006, meaning that all areas of England are now providing the screen (currently 98.9% of parents are offered screening). The next stage is a Quality Assurance programme to appraise local services according to the national standards for screening, early diagnosis and support and to implement quality improvement strategies. Five presentations were made at the Newborn Hearing Screening 2006 conference in Lake Como, Italy, which give updates on the main areas of the programme. These presentations can be found on the NHSP website at http://www.nhsp.info/como2006 and cover:
- Governance of the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in England; implications for serious incident management and recall strategies
- IT works! Information Technology and Management in the English Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
- NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme: Consultation with Parents and Supporting Professionals
- Performance and Impact of the Screening Programme in England
- Supporting and Empowering Families through Effective Communication
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