Requisition Completeness
Click on the links to access the Requisition Completion Indicators for the entire province.
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Request Screening Results
The majority of baby’s in the province will not have hearing loss risk factor blood spot screening as they will have passed their hearing screen.
To request a copy of your child’s screening results from NSO, please click here.
Unsatisfactory Result/ Unable to Test
If an infant has been referred to audiology and NSO has received consent that the parents would like to proceed with expanded hearing screening, NSO will look for the infant’s dried blood spot storage.
Find a Follow-Up Centre
London/Southwestern Ontario
LHSC- Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario
800 Commissioners Road East
N6C 2V5 London , ON
Canada
Phone: (519) 685-____
Hamilton/Central South and Central West
Hamilton Health Sciences Centre/McMaster University Medical Centre
Symptomatic cCMV Infection
What does being symptomatic with cCMV infection mean?
The majority of infants with cCMV infection never develop symptoms of the infection. If your baby is described as having symptoms of cCMV infection, they could have already had or may currently have one or more of the following features:
· Jaundice (yellow skin and eyes)
· Small head (microcephaly)
Screen Positive Follow-Up
Why has my baby been referred to an Infectious Diseases (ID) Clinic?
Your baby has had a screen positive result (CMV detected) on their hearing loss risk factor blood spot screen. Their positive result indicated a high chance of having congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection. Infectious Diseases specialists are experts in the care of infants with cCMV infections.
What can I expect from the first appointment?
CMV Detected
What does a screen positive result mean?
A screen positive result means that your child most likely has cCMV infection. However, this still needs to be confirmed through other diagnostic testing.
If your child has:
· Hearing loss and confirmed cCMV infection – cCMV could be the cause for your child's hearing loss
OR
· Normal hearing test and confirmed cCMV infection – your child still has a ~10% risk of developing early childhood hearing loss
What happens next?
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
What is cytomegalovirus (CMV)?
CMV is a common virus. Most healthy people will not have any signs or symptoms and will not know they have had it. When a pregnant woman is infected there is a risk of infection of the baby. When this happens it is called congenital CMV infection.
How common is CMV?
Screen Positive Result
Screen Negative Result
What did the hearing loss risk factor blood spot screen rule out?
The hearing loss risk factor blood spot screen is a screen for cCMV infection. It cannot rule out cCMV infection entirely as the sensitivity is less than 100%. This means that a small number of cases of cCMV infection will not be detected through screening.
If your child’s doctor has any concerns regarding possible cCMV infection, we would recommend additional forms of testing for CMV.