- 1 - Newborn Screening 411 RCHSD Newborn Screening Area Service Center* California mandates that all newborns be screened for a multitude of metabolic disorders, including phenylketonuria (PKU) and galactosemia; primary congenital hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease and some other non-sickling hemoglobinopathies. For a complete list of the screened-for disorders, please refer to the state newborn screening website (www.dhs.ca.gov/nbs ). The goal of Newborn Screening is to prevent the long-term effects of What is Newborn Screening? What’s New with Newborn Screening? genetic disease through early screening and early intervention. Blood samples are obtained via heel-stick by the sixth day of life. To decrease the chance of false positives and false negatives, the State mandates that babies be at least 12 hours of age when the specimens are collected. The exception to this is if a baby is going to be transfused prior to that, in which case a specimen must be collected first. A second specimen is collected at least 24 hours after the transfusion. The blood sample is collected on special filter and mailed to a State- contracted Newborn and Prenatal Screening (NAPS) Laboratory for testing and review. WE’VE MOVED! THE NEWBORN SCREENING AREA SERVICE CENTER SERVING SAN DIEGO, IMPERIAL, ORANGE, AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES IS NOW UNDER THE AUSPICES OF RADY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO (RCHSD) OUR NEW ADDRESS: NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM RADY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO 3020 CHILDREN’S WAY, MAILCODE 5116 SAN DIEGO, CA 92123 PHONE: (858) 966-8708 FAX: (858) 966-8709 Fall 2007
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