{"Multiple_Choice__291":"Kristine Frick","Short_Answer__292":"Sarah Storm","Date__293":"10\/03\/2019","Multiple_Choice__294":"Near Fatality","Yes_or_No__295":"No","Multiple_Choice__300":"8","Multiple_Choice__301":"Hennepin","Short_Answer__303":"Jamir","Short_Answer__304":"Brown","Date__305":"10\/12\/2018","Date__307":"08\/30\/2019","Multiple_Choice__308":"10 Months","Multiple_Choice__309":"1","Short_Answer__310":"Mother","Multiple_Choice__346":"1","Multiple_Choice__348":"0","Multiple_Choice__350":"0","Multiple_Choice__352":"0","Multiple_Choice__354":"0","Multiple_Choice__356":"0","Multiple_Choice__358":"3","Free_Text__359":"Medical staff tested a newborn's meconium without known risk criteria of substance abuse exposure. The reason for the test being ordered could not be identified. The mother and subject child are Black African American.  Due to the subjectivity in the medical field guidance and standards in prescribed department of health practice, it appears inequitable testing occurred. Considering the impact on children and families in the Black African American community, and the trajectory that mandated reporting positive test results to child protection, there is an influence of Black African American children and families being subjected to child protection services at an inequitable rate, due to the matter of fact, that a positive meconium test will nearly always be a screened in CP report for neglect - prenatal exposure to controlled substance. This inequity of testing a newborns meconium when there are no risk indicators or criteria known or observed in the mother or newborn does not adequately support the ethics and purpose of child welfare and child protection work. A positive test result does not adequately or automatically identify a parents capacity to be a protective parent and keep their child safe.\r\n\r\nHospital made decision to test newborn meconium, which appears to fall outside of expected practice per state statute.","Multiple_Choice__360":"0","Multiple_Choice__362":"0","Multiple_Choice__364":"0","Multiple_Choice__366":"0","Yes_or_No__370":"Yes"}