NewbornScreeningforCriticalCongenitalHeartDiseaseEducationforNursesThepurposeoftheCongenitalHeartDisease(CHD)ScreeningProgramistoidentifynewbornswithCHDpriortoclinicaldeteriorationoftheaffectedinfant.Delayeddiagnosisofcriticalcongenitalheartdisease(CCHD)canresultindeathorinjurytoinfants.Whydoweneedtoscreen?TheDepartmentofHealthandHumanServiceshereintheUnitedStatesmadethisCHD(also called CCHDCritical Congenital Heart Disease)screeningrecommendationSeptemberof2011.InJanuaryofthisyear,theAmericanAc
