The 13 points included in this checklist will help you benefit from the experience of others as you design a universal newborn hearing screening program for your hospital. In completing the checklist, though, you should remember that each hospital and situation is unique, and the timing or the specific way in which the various activities are accomplished may have to be modified. Based on the hundreds of hospitals that are now operating successful universal newborn hearing screening programs, most, if not all, of the activities described in the checklist will have to be addressed. Enlisting Support for Newborn Hearing Screening Support from authoritative groups. Many other hospitals are doing it successfully.
Physician support is essential.
It won't happen without support from the nursing staff. Making sure every baby is screened. Communicating with physicians. General awareness of the program and its importance. Ensure that the physicians understand the importance of follow up.