Increased Reporting of Infants Born With Congenital Syphilis to a Local Department of Public Health: A Quality Improvement Project
This project highlights the limitations of RPR-based reporting for CS surveillance. The implemented intervention improved the reporting of cases, including those without maternal RPR positivity, thereby enhancing public health surveillance efforts.
Authors
- Allison H. Bartlett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4275-5642)
- John Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2323-1453)
- Brett Palama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-0180)
- Yong Chan Ahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1971-8472)
- Allyson Dewey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5672-3595)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Comer Children's Hospital (US)
- Cook County Health and Hospitals System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf609
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities