2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/19/2024 | 9:40 AM - 10:05 AM | Using the National Position Statement to Guide Your cCMV Surveillance | Capitol 4
Using the National Position Statement to Guide Your cCMV Surveillance
In June 2023, a national position statement for standardized surveillance case definitions for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection and disease was passed at the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Conference in Salt Lake City. It was a year-long process that brought together the CDC, jurisdictions already conducting cCMV surveillance, medical practitioners and subject matter experts to establish standardized definitions to unify national cCMV tracking and case determination for public health surveillance. Come learn about this position statement and how you can use it in your own jurisdiction for optimal data collection. The more jurisdictions following the position statement, the better understanding we will have of true burden of cCMV infection and disease in the US. Specific examples will be shared of how cases were classified in Utah before and after the position statement.
- Describe the new national position statement for standardized cCMV surveillance
- Identify how to classify cCMV as infection vs disease
- List cCMV testing timelines necessary for confirmed cases
Presentation:
3478265_16456Stephanie BrowningMcVicar.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
3478265_16456Stephanie BrowningMcVicar.pdf
Presenters/Authors
Stephanie Browning McVicar
(Primary Presenter,Author), Utah Department of Health and Human Services, smcvicar@utah.gov;
Dr. Stephanie Browning McVicar is the Director of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, the Children’s Hearing Aid Program, and the Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Public Health Initiative in Utah. She works for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services' Children with Special Health Care Needs Office in Salt Lake City. Dr. McVicar is a pediatric audiologist, an advocate for CMV testing in newborns, and passionate about the prevention of congenital CMV infection. She was instrumental in the creation of the Utah EHDI tele-audiology program. She is originally from Western New York and has extensive experience and knowledge in Audiology and the management of health care programs in both the public and private sectors.
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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Jacinda Merrill
(Author,Co-Author), Utah Department of Health and Human Services, jamerrill@utah.gov;
Jacinda Merrill, MPH, CHES, is the CMV epidemiologist for the Utah Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program. She abstracts data from electronic health records of children who have tested positive for CMV within the first year of life. Jacinda enters health data, including CMV test results, newborn hearing screening results, and other relevant data on cCMV cases into Utah’s Congenital CMV Registry. She performs analysis on confirmed and probable cCMV cases. Jacinda’s position is part of a pilot surveillance project for cCMV in collaboration with the CDC. She received her BS in Public Health with an emphasis in Health Promotion, along with a Masters in Public Health from Brigham Young University. Jacinda’s career interests include using best practices in data analysis and communicating that data in audience-appropriate ways to positively impact public health.
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Max Sidesinger
(Co-Author), Utah Department of Health and Human Services, msidesinger@utah.gov;
Max Sidesinger, MPH, is the CMV data coordinator and an epidemiologist for Utah’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program. He collects information on every CMV test completed on a child under 1 year of age in Utah, per the state Communicable Disease Rule, and works with providers and families to ensure CMV testing for children who fall under Utah's CMV Public Education and Testing Mandate. Max provides analyses for both CMV and EHDI related data. He has collaborated with researchers at the University of Utah on multiple newborn hearing-related projects, with the CDC on a pilot surveillance project for cCMV, and with the CSTE on a position statement for standardized cCMV surveillance. Max received his BS in biology and Masters in public health from the University of Utah. His career interest is in using epidemiological methods to address public health needs.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.