Did your child receive a cCMV screening at birth?
congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) screening should be done within the first 21 days of life. It is essential to make sure that if your child fails their hearing screening at birth that they are tested for cCMV.
Review information about cCMV and discuss next steps with your primary care provider.
Next Steps After Screening
Screening Result | Recommendation |
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Not Detected | Talk to your child’s PCP to discuss next steps |
Detected | Child should have a urine CMV Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) collected before 21 days of life
Talk to your child’s PCP about cCMV and next steps. |
Unsatisfactory Evaluation | Urine CMV PCR collected before 21 days of life
Talk to your child’s PCP about cCMV and next steps. |
No cCMV test done in hospital | Saliva or urine CMV PCR collected before 21 days of life.
Talk to your child’s PCP about cCMV and next steps. |
Links/Resources:
Resource Materials
- What Do you Know About cCMV? Spanish
Contact Us:
Questions, comments, concerns? Contact us at VA_EHDI@vdh.virginia.gov