Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism

• 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
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/1/imj20-5-633abst.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/2/International_Medical_Journal_-_Volume_20%2C_Number_5.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/6/Audit_of_newborn_screening_programme_for_congenital_hypothyroidism.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/; http://www.seronjihou.co.jp/IMJ20-5.html
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

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.