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We sought to evaluate the feasibility of routine screening and its effect on length of stay in a network of general EDs.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A 2-question child physical abuse screening tool was deployed for children &lt;6 years old who presented for care in a system of 27 general EDs. Data were compared for the 6 months before and after screening was deployed (4\/1\/2019\u201310\/2\/2019 vs 10\/3\/2019\u20133\/31\/2020). The main outcome was ED length of stay in minutes.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>There were 14,133 eligible visits in the prescreening period and 16,993 in the screening period. Screening was completed for 13,404 visits (78.9%), with 116 (0.7%) screening positive. The mean ED length of stay was not significantly different in the prescreening (95.9 minutes) and screening periods (95.2 minutes; difference, 0.7 minutes; 95% CI, \u22121.5, 2.8). Among those who screened positive, 29% were reported to child protective services. On multivariable analysis, implementation of the screening tool did not impact overall ED length of stay. There were no significant differences in resource utilization between the prescreening and screening periods.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Routine screening identifies children at high risk of physical abuse without increasing ED length of stay or resource utilization. Next steps will include determining rates of subsequent serious physical abuse in children with or without routine screening.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/pec.0000000000003205","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,7]],"date-time":"2024-05-07T19:01:20Z","timestamp":1715108480000},"page":"509-514","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Effect of Routine Child Physical Abuse Screening Tool on Emergency Department Efficiency"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"40","author":[{"given":"Niti","family":"Shahi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maxene","family":"Meier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Center for Research in Outcomes for Children's Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marina 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