Main Body
New Information
Health Provider
Newborn Screening Program
General Information
General Information
New Information and Updates
New Information
and Updates
- UPS 2012 Days of Operation
- UPS Contact Notification
- Changes to cut-off
values for the
new neonatal 17OHP
kit for congenital
adrenal hyperplasia
screening (10/26 - PDF) - Screening for Severe
Combined Immunodeficiency
Disorder(SCID) began on
September 29, 2010
(10/10 - PDF) - Change to the NY
Newborn Screening
Program's algorithm
for congenital
hypothyroidism (5/10 - PDF) - Funds received for Electronic
HIE for Newborn Screening
(12/09 - PDF) - Evaluation protocol for
acylcarnitines change
(11/09 - PDF)
Archived Information and Updates
Archived Information and Updates
Health Provider Information
Health Provider
Information
- Annual Reports
-
On-Line Ordering
- Blood Collection Forms
- Newborn Screening
Brochures and
Educational Material - Specimen Collection DVD
-
Watch Blood Specimen
Collection Video - Management Guidelines:
- Public Health Law
- Regulations
- Annual Reports
- Obtaining Results
- Hospital Designee Form (PDF)
fill out, print and mail...
Contact Us
Contact Us
- Mailing Address:
Newborn Screening Program
NYS Department of Health
Wadsworth Center
Empire State Plaza
P.O. Box 509
Albany, NY 12201-0509 - Phone: (518) 473-7552
- Email: nbsinfo@health.state.ny.us
Guthrie Spot
Genetic screening
tests are performed on one tiny sample of blood obtained by
pricking the baby's heel. The blood is allowed to dry on a piece
of filter paper, which is sent for testing to the Wadsworth
Center's Newborn Screening Laboratory at the State Health
Department in Albany.
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