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Neonatal Immunization

CBE ID
0485
Endorsement Status
1.0 New or Maintenance
1.1 Measure Structure
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.6 Measure Description

Percent of neonates with a length of stay greater than 60 days receiving DPT, Hepatitis B, Polio, Hib, and PCV immunizations in adherence with current guidelines.

    Measure Specs
      General Information
      1.7 Measure Type
      1.3 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
      1.8 Level of Analysis
      1.9 Care Setting
      1.20 Types of Data Sources
      1.14 Numerator

      Patients from the denominator receiving the following immunizations according to current AAP guidelines:
      • DPT (DTP, DPT, DtaP, DTw-P-HbOC, DTwP-HIB, Acel-Imune, Tripedia, Infanrix, Tetramune [DTPH], Tripedia/ActHIB, TriHIBit, Certiva, Immunol)
      • HepB (Comvax, Recombivax HB, Engerix-B)
      • Polio (IPOL, IPV, OPV, Orimune, Poliovax)
      • Hib (PedvaxHIB, HibTITER, ProHIBit [PRP-D], Tetramune [DTPH], Tripedia/ActHIB, TriHIBit, ActHIB, OmniHIB [PRP-T], Comvax)
      • PCV (Prevnar, Pneumovax, Pnu-Imune).

      1.15 Denominator

      Neonates with a length of stay greater than 60 days.

      Exclusions

      Documented parent refusal and mortalities. The developer recommends that the measure be suspended when there are vaccine shortages rather than including vaccine unavailability as an exclusion.

      Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Perinatal and Reproductive Health Endorsement Maintenance Project
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date
      Steward Organization
      Child Health Corporation of America
      Steward POC email
      don.black@chca.com
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