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What Parents And Caregivers Should Know

• What is Newborn Screening?
• Who Receives Newborn Screening?
• Why Is It Done?
• What To Expect After The Screening?

• Newborn screening consists of 3 components

 Blood Spot (collected just after 24 hours of life)  Critical Congenital Heart Disease (performed after 24 hours of life)  Hearing Screening (most often collected after 24 hours of life, though not required)

• It is a public health service that reaches nearly every

baby born in the United States (and most other countries, world wide)

• Screening occurs to check for treatable life-altering

conditions that may not be obvious at birth.

Newborn & Family

Newborn Screening Advisory Committee

Specimen Processing Short-term Follow-up Services Hospitals, Clinics, & Labs Health Care Providers Family Resources & Assistant Programs Midwives & Doulas

• Metabolic Disorders (20 primary conditions including PKU, MSUD)
• Endocrine Disorders (Hypothyroid & Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia)
• Hemoglobin Disorders (3 primary disorders plus traits)
• Immune Deficiency Disorders (1 primary disorder- SCID)
• Biotinidase / Galactosemia Disorders
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Cardiac Conditions (Critical Congenital Heart Disease)
• Hearing loss

Metabolic Disorders Endocrine Disorders

Hemoglobin Disorders Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID)

Biotinidase Galactosemia

Cystic Fibrosis Hearing Screening & Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD)

• Every year, over 5,000 babies nationwide are born with one of the conditions

included in the state screening panels.

• Once symptoms for these conditions appear, they are often irreversible.
• Most babies affected with a condition identified through newborn screening that

receive early treatment will grow up to be healthy with normal development.

Joyal Meyer, Newborn Screening Program Director, ND Department of Health 701.328.4534 or jbmeyer@nd.gov Amy Burke, Newborn Screening Nurse Consultant, ND Department of Health 701.328.2784 or arburke@nd.gov Kelsie Morris, Newborn Screening Administrative Assistant, ND Department of Health 701.328.4532 or kelsiemorris@nd.gov