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Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory

The Wisconsin Newborn Screening (NBS) Laboratory web site is dedicated to promoting and encouraging the sharing of knowledge, communication and resources with health care agencies, families, and anyone else interested in NBS for the benefit of babies born in Wisconsin.

* Effective Oct. 1, 2011, infants born in Wisconsin will no longer be screened for Short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (SCAD), 2-methylbutyryl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (2MBCD), and Isobutyryl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (IBD). Please contact the Newborn Screening Laboratory for information on disorders than can be detected by newborn screening (608-262-4692).

Newborn Screening Updates

• NEW! The Wisconsin newborn screening metabolic subcommittee and the newborn screening umbrella committee have recommended discontinuing screening for Short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (SCAD), 2-methylbutyryl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (2MBCD), and Isobutyryl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (IBD). A review of all cases identified during the past 10 years failed to identify any infants with these conditions that required clinical intervention. The recommendation became effective October 1, 2011.



• Learn more about newborn screening nationwide at Baby's First Test.



• Test Developed in Wisconsin Can Help Save Babies' Lives Worldwide (SCID Added to Federally-Recommended Uniform Newborn Screening Panel) (Feb. 5, 2010)



• Wisconsin First State in Nation to Screen All Newborns for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) or “Bubble Boy Disease” (January 2008)



• “Newborn Screening in Wisconsin: It’s Not Just the PKU Test Anymore” – Educational webcasts for health care professionals (Sept. 17 and 24, 2007).
  
  
  
  • Overview of Newborn Screening in Wisconsin (59 minutes long) Webcast Presentation 
    
  
  
  • Blood collection tips; Form completion issues (27 minutes long) Webcast Presentation
    
  
  
  • Preparing and sending specimens to the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene; Role of the Primary Care Provider in Newborn Screening (52 minutes long) Webcast Presentation