Newborn Screening Specimen Collection and Submission Training Webinar Released

The Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program has produced a training webinar on the Basics on Newborn Screening Specimen Collection and Submission.

The 60-minute webinar provides guidance on proper newborn screening specimen collection and submission.

The intended audience is nurses, midwives, phlebotomists, and all health care workers who participate in the newborn screening process.

This program is co-sponsored by ASCLS-WI which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. A total of 1.0 contact hours can be obtained by completing the training webinar. Level of Instruction: Intermediate

The webinar was produced with grant funding from the Association of Public Health Laboratories.

 

Additional Information

How to Collect a Blood Specimen for Newborn Screening Testing

Specimen Collection Flowchart  icon-pdf