[Newborn hearing and eye screenings: recommendations]

Hearing and vision disorders in newborns are a serious social and public health problem. To improve the effectiveness and efficiency of screening protocols, it is necessary to use standardized procedures and ensure their implementation at a national level. This is the first set of Italian national practice recommendations for professionals involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of hearing and eye screening that will guide the development of multidisciplinary services and public health policies to prevent and/or treat hearing and vision impairment in newborns. This document refers to art. 38 of the Italian Prime Ministerial Decree of 12th January 2017 defining the essential levels of assistance. It also provides an overview - albeit not exhaustive - of the current organization of the screening system as a whole and the potential areas of implementation.