Damaged Goods? : An Empirical Cohort Study of Blood Specimens Collected 12 to 23 Hours after Birth in Newborn Screening (NBS) in California
Date:
December 2015
The current Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute standard recommends blood collection from 24 to 48 hours after birth for newborn genetic disorder screening. This study uses California population-level data to determine whether early specimens (collected from 12 to 23 hours) would also be considered satisfactory based on screening performance.