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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?

o 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) o It is a public health service that reaches nearly every baby born in the United States (and most other countries, world wide) o Screening occurs to check for treatable life-altering conditions that may not be obvious at birth.

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

 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

Endocrine Disorders Metabolic Disorders

Severe Combined Immune Hemoglobin Disorders Deficiency (SCID)

Biotinidase Galactosemia

Hearing Screening & Cystic Fibrosis 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