Congenital Heart Disease Screening Program
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect. Approximately 8 per every 1,000 babies are born with a form of CHD. Screening for more serious forms of CHD is now a part of the recommended uniform screening panel and supported by the Health and Human Services Secretary, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, American Academy of Pediatrics and March of Dimes.
Children’s National Medical Center has created the Congenital Heart Disease Screening Program to help to detect serious CHD while newborns are in the nursery. The program uses pulse oximetry, a non-invasive test, to quickly and painlessly test babies for serious CHD while they are in the newborn nursery.
If you are an expectant mom or a clinician interested in the CHDSP, please contact Elizabeth A. Bradshaw, MSN, RN, CPN at 202-476-5270 or email her at ebradsha@childrensnational.org.
Participating national and international hospitals include:
- Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring, Maryland)
- Shady Grove Adventist Hospital (Rockville, Maryland)
- Mary Washington Hospital (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
- St. Francis Health System (Oklahoma)
- Adan Hospital (Kuwait)
- Ahmadi Hospital (Kuwait)
- Health Authority of Abu Dhabi
Submit your report to the program
To obtain a copy of the toolkit, please e-mail pulseox@childrensnational.org |
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