Objective

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To complete the quality control of newborn hearing screening and diagnosis & treatment institutions for children's hearing impairment in Shandong Province

and strengthen the measurement traceability of audiological equipment.

Methods

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The Health Commission of Shandong Province entrusted Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital

in collaboration with the National Institute of Metrology

to formulate a calibration program for those institutions around Shandong Province. The Provincial Quality Control Center had preliminarily summarized the equipment .The provincial quality control center preliminarily summiarized the equipment requiring calibration

made the schedule

and National Institute of Metrology calibrated on-site at city-level quality control centers. Ultimately

the survey questionnaires and calibration results were compiled

analyzed

and fed back.

Results

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Throughout the implementation of the program

a total of 191 institutions were enrolled and 449 hearing devices were calibrated. Among them

131 devices (29.2%) had calibration records within the past three years

while the remaining 318 devices (70.8%) could not provide the calibration records. Additionally

54 devices (11.9%) could not be calibrated.

Conclusion

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The organization of province-wide calibration program was a pioneering effort. Not only did the implementation of this program provided valuable experience for future equipment quality control work in Shandong Province

but also served as a model for similar projects in other provinces.