Important Note

The State Newborn Screen includes "expanded NBS" by tandem mass spectrometry and tests for the conditions listed here. Blood collection cards are supplied by the Main Lab or by unit coordinators in the inpatient floors.

Method is affected by diet, moisture absorbed by the card, improper collection, or being placed in a plastic bag. Cards will be rejected if a QNS sample has been "added to" (filled from different blood draws) or if it has been placed in a plastic bag.

Please use the patient's legal name when filling out the NBS card. The specimen label and patient's name on the NBS card should match. Send the Newborn Screen Card with the Epic specimen label affixed to the back of the card in the envelope to Children's Laboratory. Do not seal envelope.

Please see the "Newborn Screening Collection Card Instructions" section at the bottom of this page for important collection instructions.

*Note: Pay attention to the "Child's Special Considerations" section (Page 2) of the Newborn Screening Collection Cards Instructions. For example: if the patient has been transfused, the check box must be check AND the date of transfusion must be filled in.