> How is everyone gearing up for
> this.
By forming a multidisciplinary team and embracing change! For screening
programmes I think it's best to have the lead clinician chairing the
MDT.
Jonathan
On 18 Aug 2005, at 12:08, O'Connor John (Royal Devon and Exeter
Foundation Trust) wrote:
> I came across the following PDF,
> http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/newborn/download/
> nationalLaboratoryAlgorithm.pdf
>
> which is referenced from the national electonic library of health,
> screening
> website
>
> http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/screening/viewResource.asp?uri=http://
> libraries
> .nelh.nhs.uk/common/resources/?id=95742
>
>
> The following link states that all babies should be screened by this
> protocol by April 2007
>
> http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/screening/viewResource.asp?
> keywordID=14202&attr
> ibuteText=Neonatal%20Screening&uri=http%3A//libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/
> common/res
> ources/%3Fid%3D95709
>
> A summary of the recommendations can be found here
> http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/newborn/download/CFrecommendations.pdf
>
> The first recommendation states
> Recommendation 1: No alternative protocol should be offered to those
> who do
> not want testing of blood spot samples - they would have to opt out of
> CF
> screening altogether.
>
> So I am guessing the days of sweat testing are numbered and macroduct
> systems are gathering dust or perhaps not. How is everyone gearing up
> for
> this.
>
> Cheers
> John
>
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