DOH Logo linking to the DOH Home Page

Newborn Screening Header


You are here: DOH Home  » EHSPHL Home » PHL Home » NBS Home »NBS News Search | Employees
 Site Directory:   NBS News

Disorders

Health Professionals' Page

Parents' Page

• Reports & Publications

Related Links

NBS News

NBS Privacy Policy

Statistics

Contact NBS

 

 

Access Washington Logo linking to Access Washington Home Page

 

What is new with the Newborn Screening program in Washington?

Below are brief descriptions of projects that the Newborn Screening program in Washington is working on currently.  If the information contained on this page does not answer all of your questions or you would just simply like more information, please use the embedded links or contact us with your specific question.


Plans for Expansion

On May 14, 2008, the State Board of Health unanimously approved adding 15 new disorders to the newborn screening panel in Washington State. Our staff is busy preparing for this expansion and we anticipate starting the additional screening this summer. No extra blood will be needed, and there will be no fee increase, as all 15 additional conditions can be tested at the same time by instruments used currently in our laboratory.

The conditions being added to the panel are:

  • 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria (HMG)

  • argininosuccinic acidemia (ASA)

  • beta-ketothiolase deficiency (BKT)

  • carnitine uptake deficiency (CUD)

  • citrullinemia type 1

  • glutaric acidemia type 1 (GA-I)

  • holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency (HCSD)

  • isovaleric acidemia (IVA)

  • long-chain L-3-OH acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency

  • methylmalonic acidemias (MMA) - two forms

  • propionic acidemia (PA)

  • trifunctional protein (TFP) deficiency

  • tyrosinemia type 1

  • very-long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency

Cystic Fibrosis Screening Started March 15, 2006

As a result of a unanimous vote by the Washington State Board of Health, the Newborn Screening rules have been revised to add cystic fibrosis to the mandated screening panel. No additional blood needs to be collected on the newborn screening form, and there will be no change in the screening charge for this new testing.

Additional information about cystic fibrosis is available on our disorders page and its associated links.

 


Links to external resources are provided as a public service and do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health.

DOH Home | Access Washington | Privacy Notice | Disclaimer/Copyright Information

Washington State Department of Health
Newborn Screening Program
1610 NE 150th Street NE
Shoreline, Washington, 98155

Last Update : 06/11/2008 04:59 PM
Send inquires about DOH and its programs to the Health Consumer Assistance Office
Comments or questions regarding this web site? Send mail to Gary Resler.