Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD)
Screening
-
Screening
Critical Congential Heart Disease (CCHD) Screening establishes a statewide universal screening in newborns using pulse oximetry.
Utah CCHD Screening
Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) affects the lives and families of approximately 10,000 babies born in the United States every year. While many of these babies may be identified by either a prenatal ultrasound or the newborn exam, some of these babies will appear perfectly healthy. To prevent serious morbidity and mortality resulting from missed or delayed diagnosis of CCHD, all newborns are required to be screened for CCHD using pulse oximetry.
Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) by pulse oximetry is mandatory for all Utah newborns effective October 1, 2014.
Utah Health Code 26-10-6(1) (d)
Birth Defect Reporting Rule R398-5
Contact the Utah CCHD Screening Program for:
- General questions about pulse oximetry screening process or procedure
- Training opportunities
- Educational tools
- Reportting CCHD screening results
Page last updated
Utah CCHD Screening
(866) 818-7096
(801) 323-1578 Fax
cchd@utah.gov
Monday thru Friday - 8 am to 5 pm
For urgent questions regarding screen results, please contact the baby's Primary Care Provider or University of Utah Pediatric Cardiology at (801) 583-4327
Hearing
Heart
Heelstick
We would like to thank Wisconsin SHINE for generously sharing their materials with us.