Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory

Pompe disease Emergency Rule

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has added, by emergency rule, screening for Pompe disease 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 January 10, 2022.

For more information on this rule and Pompe disease, please read this joint WI DHS and WSLH letter.

Unsatisfactory Specimens Report Format Changes

NOTIFICATION: As of October 9, 2021, the report format for unsatisfactory specimens will be reformatted. For more information, please read this letter.

Newborn Screening Courier

In 2019, the WSLH 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