Newborn Screening: Resources and Updates

Important newborn screening resources and updates to guidance documents are posted below.

Resources

• A Test to Save Your Baby's Life (PDF, 1.7 MB)
  • Una Prueba Para Salvar La Vida De Su Bebé (Spanish; PDF, 297 KB)
  • اختبار لإنقاذ حياة طفلك (Arabic; PDF, 391 KB)
  • Kev Kuaj Xyuas Thiaj Yuav Pab Tau Koj Tus Me Nyuam Mos Txoj Sia (Hmong; PDF, 268 KB)
  • 一项可挽救 婴儿生命的 测试 (Chinese; PDF, 421 KB)
• Form Training - This training has been updated for 2019 and is now available in two parts. A quiz and continuing education credit are provided for each part. Even if you have taken the previous training in the past year, you will be allowed to take these updated trainings and receive credit.
  • Part 1: Pre-Collection Processes
  • Part 2: Collection and Transport Processes
• Newborn Screening Fact Sheet (PDF, 1 MB)
• Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) Fact Sheets for Parents and Providers
  • SCID Fact Sheet for Parents (PDF, 45 KB)
  • SCID Fact Sheet for Primary Care Providers (PDF, 298 KB)
  • Severe Combined Immune Deficiency: A Guide for Parents Following a Diagnosis
  • Deficiencia Inmunológica Combinada Severa (SCID): Una Guía para Padres Después del Diagnóstico
  • Hoja Informativa de SCID para Proveedores de Atención Primaria (Spanish; PDF, 270 KB)
  • Hoja Informativa de SCID para los Padres (Spanish; PDF, 47 KB)
  • SCID الحقائق المخصصة للآباء عن مرض (Arabic; PDF, 295 KB)
  • Cov Ntsiab Lus Qhia Txog SCID Rau Cov Niam Txiv (Hmong; PDF, 196 KB)
  • 给父母的 SCID 情况说明书 (Chinese; PDF, 252 KB)

Updates (to memos, guidelines, and other important guidance documents)

• 04/10/2024: Newborn Screening Program Panel Reference Ranges (PDF, 121 KB)
• 02/13/2023: Memo: Newborn Screening for MPS I and Pompe (PDF, 250 KB)
• 03/21/2022: Handout: Newborn Screening Required Information and Correction Requests (PDF 4.4 MB)
• 03/21/2022: Correction Request for Submitted Newborn Screening Specimen (PDF 461 KB)
• 02/14/2022: Memo: Newborn Screening for X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) (PDF 256 KB)
• 07/13/2021: Newborn Screening Reporting Change for Amino Acids and Acylcarnitines (PDF, 214 KB)
• 03/30/2020: Newborn Screening Continues During COVID-19 Outbreak (PDF, 235 KB)
• 06/10/16: Newborn Screening Memo: Cystic Fibrosis DNA Testing Reinstated (PDF, 863 KB)
• 04/10/16: Memo: Change in Newborn Screening Filter Form #3105 (PDF, 466 KB)
• 09/09/15: Memo: New Addition to Newborn Screening Panel (PDF, 559 KB)
• 07/01/15: Recommended Tracking Documentation for Newborn Screening Samples (PDF, 37 KB)
• 11/5/14: Memo on Changes in Methodology for Total Galactose and Modifications to Follow-up Recommendations
• 10/20/14: Memo on Avoidable Unsatisfactory Newborn Screening (NBS) Samples
• 10/20/14: Guidelines for Prompt Mailing of NBS Filter Paper Specimens

Newborn Screening Information

• Newborn Screening
• Core and Secondary Conditions
• Hemoglobinopathies
• NC Newborn Screening Program Panel
• Reporting
• Resources and Updates
• Specimen Collection
• Newborn Screening Contacts