Abstract

FERRI, Scheila; FIGUEIREDO, Maria Renita Burg  and  CAMARGO, Miria Elisabete Bairros de. The neonatal screening in the network of basic health care in the city of Canoas/RS. Aletheia [online]. 2020, vol.53, n.1, pp. 84-92. ISSN 1413-0394.

Objectives: To evaluate a performance of the Neonatal Screening through the SUS in the children of the city of Canoas/RS, in the year 2016. Methodology: descriptive, transversal, quantitative study, consisting of 3.920 newborns from the municipality that performed TN in the SUS. For the data collection, the children's records were used, which are stored as a table in the Excel Program of the Child Health Policy of the Municipal Health Department. Data were analyzed in SPSS 21.0 using the Chi-Square Test (significance level 5%). Results: it was verified that 84.7% of the exams were performed between the 3rd and 5th day of life and the main reason for the late collection was due to lack of information (4.3%). Conclusion: The Pezinho test occurred mostly in the period recommended by the Ministry of Health, but the late collections were due to lack of information.

Keywords : Neonatal triage; Newborn; Public health.

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