Congenital Syphilis – Program Resources

Program Efforts to Reduce Congenital Syphilis

• With additional federal funds, DSHS added to the San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston Health Department’s STD Prevention contracts for focused CS surveillance, public health follow-up, and community engagement activities.
• Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) are required to prioritize pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis for partner services.
• DIS are also required to follow-up on women who are untreated or inadequately treated for a historical syphilis diagnosis and are now pregnant.
• DSHS partners with Houston Health Department, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, and Dallas County Health and Human Services to conduct enhanced case reviews for CS births in Harris County, Bexar County, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. These case reviews use the Fetal Infant Morbidity Review methodology to identify missed opportunities for disease intervention, barriers to engagement in care, and action items to address both. Learn more about FIMR.

• Program Operating Procedures and Standards Chapter 23 – Congenital Syphilis
  • Additional Considerations for CS Investigations

Resources

• Flowchart for CSTE Case Definition
• How to complete a Congenital Syphilis Question Package in THISIS
• STD-126 | STD-126 Instructions
• STD-126a
• Congenital Syphilis Investigation Tracking Log
• CS Symposium Training Manual (2019)

Mock Medical Charts for Training (2019)

• Medical Chart Abstraction – Probable Case
• Medical Chart Abstraction – Stillbirth
• Medical Chart Abstraction – Not a Case
• Notifiable Disease Report – Probable Case
• Notifiable Disease Report – Probable Case – Infant
• Notifiable Disease Report – Stillbirth
• Notifiable Disease Report – Not a Case
• Notifiable Disease Report – Not a Case – Infant
• Prenatal Care Record – Not a Case

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