Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory

New Conditions Added to Newborn Screening Panel

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has added, by emergency rule, screening for Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1A deficiency (CPT1A) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) to the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program’s panel of conditions. This rule will go into effect once it is published in the Wisconsin State Journal, which is expected to occur on October 15, 2019. Every infant born in a hospital is required to have CPT1A and SMA screening prior to discharge.Babies born out of hospital are also required to be screened.

For more important information on this rule please see the following links:

WI-DHS & WSLH Joint Letter

Fact Sheet for Physicians

Letter for Parents

Newborn Screening has a NEW COURIER (as of 8/5/19)

The WSLH has elected to use UPS for their courier of NBS specimens. You can log into a UPS web portal (https://row.ups.com) to ship newborn screening specimens from your location to WSLH.

• Click here to schedule a pick-up (Monday thru Saturday) using the UPS portal
• Instructions for using the UPS portal

If you experience any difficulty with the portal, please call either:

• WSLH Newborn Screening Laboratory
  • 608-262-6547
• UPS Enterprise Support Team
  • 800-877-1497
  • Provide the WSLH NBS UPS account number

For updates to your account information, please email us at:

• NBSqualityreport@slh.wisc.edu

Modifications to the Newborn Screening Procedure for Extended Hospital Stays (as of 9/2/2019)

Beginning September 2, 2019, the Wisconsin Newborn Screening program will implement a modified newborn screening procedure for extended hospital stays. Please see August 1, 2019 letter.

You can find detailed information at http://www.slh.wisc.edu/clinical/newborn/health-care-professionals-guide/how-to-collect-a-blood-specimen/when-to-collect-a-blood-specimen-2/.

Questions? Please call the Newborn Screening Laboratory at 608-262-6547.