Each hospital or health care provider attending a birth outside of a hospital is required to collect and transport specimens to the Newborn Screening Laboratory within specified timeframes (70.83.020 RCW).
These requirements ensure timely testing and diagnostic treatment for the protection of newborns. The timeframes for specimen collection and transport are:
- Specimen Collection: Initial specimens shall be collected no later than 48 hours following birth.
For all Washington births in 2017, including hospitals, birth centers, and home births, 98.3% of initial specimens were collected in compliance with this timeframe. This is an improvement of 0.1 percentage points from the previous year.
Specimen Collection Compliance by Birth Facility
- Transit Performance: Initial specimens must be received by State Laboratory within 72 hours of collection (excluding days that the laboratory is closed – Sundays and Thanksgiving.)
For all Washington births in 2017, including hospitals, birth centers, and home births, 89.7% of initial specimens were received in compliance with this timeframe. This is an improvement of 0.5 percentage points from the previous year.
Specimen Transit Compliance by Birth Facility
Hospital performance data can also be found alphabetically, by birth volume, and by geographical region:
Specimen Collection Compliance By Birth Facility
Births January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017
| |
Facility of Birth |
|
City |
|
Eligible Infants |
|
1) Collection Compliance |
|
|
Newport Hospital
|
|
Newport
|
|
92
|
|
100%
|
|
|
North Valley Hospital
|
|
Tonasket
|
|
83
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center
|
|
Colfax
|
|
32
|
|
100%
|
|
|
St Clare Hospital
|
|
Lakewood
|
|
4
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Summit Pacific Medical Center
|
|
Elma
|
|
4
|
|
100%
|
|
|
EvergreenHealth - Monroe
|
|
Monroe
|
|
2
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Klickitat Valley Hospital
|
|
Goldendale
|
|
2
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Lincoln Hospital
|
|
Davenport
|
|
1
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Willapa Harbor Hospital
|
|
South Bend
|
|
1
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Yakima Regional Medical Center
|
|
Yakima
|
|
1
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Madigan Army Medical Center
|
|
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
|
|
1,939
|
|
99.9%
|
|
|
Swedish - Issaquah
|
|
Issaquah
|
|
1,623
|
|
99.8%
|
|
|
Sunnyside Community Hospital
|
|
Sunnyside
|
|
522
|
|
99.8%
|
|
|
Prosser Memorial Hospital
|
|
Prosser
|
|
381
|
|
99.7%
|
|
|
Kadlec Regional Medical Center
|
|
Richland
|
|
2,798
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
Virginia Mason Memorial
|
|
Yakima
|
|
2,563
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
Good Samaritan Hospital - MultiCare
|
|
Puyallup
|
|
2,280
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
Providence St Peter Hospital
|
|
Olympia
|
|
2,090
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
Holy Family Hospital - Providence
|
|
Spokane
|
|
1,225
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
EvergreenHealth Kirkland
|
|
Kirkland
|
|
4,596
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Overlake Medical Center
|
|
Bellevue
|
|
3,687
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Swedish - Edmonds
|
|
Edmonds
|
|
1,370
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Swedish - Ballard
|
|
Seattle
|
|
1,122
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Northwest Hospital - UW Medicine
|
|
Seattle
|
|
1,080
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
|
|
Vancouver
|
|
3,422
|
|
99.4%
|
|
|
Auburn Medical Center - MultiCare
|
|
Auburn
|
|
1,214
|
|
99.4%
|
|
|
St Joseph Hospital PeaceHealth - Bellingham
|
|
Bellingham
|
|
2,004
|
|
99.3%
|
|
|
Highline Medical Center
|
|
Burien
|
|
982
|
|
99.3%
|
|
|
Providence Centralia Hospital
|
|
Centralia
|
|
683
|
|
99.3%
|
|
|
Pullman Regional Hospital
|
|
Pullman
|
|
422
|
|
99.3%
|
|
|
Harrison Medical Center
|
|
Bremerton
|
|
1,953
|
|
99.2%
|
|
|
Trios Health Hospital
|
|
Kennewick
|
|
1,439
|
|
99.2%
|
|
|
Deaconess Hospital - MultiCare
|
|
Spokane
|
|
1,427
|
|
99.2%
|
|
|
Skagit Valley Hospital
|
|
Mount Vernon
|
|
989
|
|
99.2%
|
|
|
St Joseph Medical Center - Tacoma
|
|
Tacoma
|
|
4,235
|
|
99.1%
|
|
|
Sacred Heart Medical Center - Providence
|
|
Spokane
|
|
3,104
|
|
99.1%
|
|
|
Naval Hospital - Bremerton
|
|
Bremerton
|
|
527
|
|
99.1%
|
|
|
Swedish - First Hill
|
|
Seattle
|
|
7,532
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
Providence Everett Regional Medical Center
|
|
Everett
|
|
4,706
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
Valley Medical Center - UW Medicine
|
|
Renton
|
|
3,736
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
Valley Hospital
|
|
Spokane
|
|
708
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
Toppenish Community Hospital
|
|
Toppenish
|
|
404
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
St John Medical Center - PeaceHealth
|
|
Longview
|
|
812
|
|
98.8%
|
|
|
St Francis Hospital
|
|
Federal Way
|
|
1,275
|
|
98.5%
|
|
|
Tacoma General Hospital - MultiCare
|
|
Tacoma
|
|
2,916
|
|
98.4%
|
|
|
Central Washington Hospital/Confluence Health
|
|
Wenatchee
|
|
1,339
|
|
98.4%
|
|
|
Naval Hospital - Oak Harbor
|
|
Oak Harbor
|
|
183
|
|
98.4%
|
|
|
Island Hospital
|
|
Anacortes
|
|
481
|
|
98.3%
|
|
|
Capital Medical Center
|
|
Olympia
|
|
662
|
|
98.2%
|
|
|
Grays Harbor Community Hospital
|
|
Aberdeen
|
|
442
|
|
98.2%
|
|
|
St Elizabeth Hospital
|
|
Enumclaw
|
|
335
|
|
98.2%
|
|
|
Othello Community Hospital
|
|
Othello
|
|
480
|
|
98.1%
|
|
|
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
|
|
Vancouver
|
|
2,062
|
|
97.9%
|
|
|
Kittitas Valley Healthcare
|
|
Ellensburg
|
|
324
|
|
97.8%
|
|
|
Forks Community Hospital
|
|
Forks
|
|
46
|
|
97.8%
|
|
|
Mason General Hospital
|
|
Shelton
|
|
256
|
|
97.3%
|
|
|
University of Washington Medical Center
|
|
Seattle
|
|
1,927
|
|
97.2%
|
|
|
WhidbeyHealth Medical Center
|
|
Coupeville
|
|
214
|
|
97.2%
|
|
|
Coulee Medical Center
|
|
Grand Coulee
|
|
69
|
|
97.1%
|
|
|
Three Rivers Hospital
|
|
Brewster
|
|
93
|
|
96.8%
|
|
|
Cascade Valley Hospital
|
|
Arlington
|
|
155
|
|
96.1%
|
|
|
Mount Carmel Hospital - Providence
|
|
Colville
|
|
217
|
|
95.9%
|
|
|
Olympic Medical Center
|
|
Port Angeles
|
|
501
|
|
95.8%
|
|
|
St Mary Medical Center - Providence
|
|
Walla Walla
|
|
687
|
|
95.5%
|
|
|
Mid-Valley Hospital
|
|
Omak
|
|
229
|
|
95.2%
|
|
|
Lake Chelan Community Hospital
|
|
Chelan
|
|
95
|
|
93.7%
|
|
|
Samaritan Healthcare
|
|
Moses Lake
|
|
1,026
|
|
93.6%
|
|
|
Jefferson Healthcare
|
|
Port Townsend
|
|
113
|
|
92.0%
|
|
|
All Hospital Births
|
|
Statewide
|
|
83,924
|
|
98.9%
|
|
|
All Out-of-Hospital Births
|
|
Statewide
|
|
3,151
|
|
80.6%
|
|
|
All Washington State Births
|
|
Statewide
|
|
87,234
|
|
98.3%
|
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Specimen Transit Compliance by Birth Facility
Births January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017
|
| |
Facility of Birth |
|
City |
|
Eligible Infants |
|
2) Transit Compliance |
| |
Newport Hospital |
|
Newport |
|
92 |
|
100% |
|
|
North Valley Hospital
|
|
Tonasket
|
|
83
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center
|
|
Colfax
|
|
32
|
|
100%
|
|
|
St Clare Hospital
|
|
Lakewood
|
|
4
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Summit Pacific Medical Center
|
|
Elma
|
|
4
|
|
100%
|
|
|
EvergreenHealth - Monroe
|
|
Monroe
|
|
2
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Klickitat Valley Hospital
|
|
Goldendale
|
|
2
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Lincoln Hospital
|
|
Davenport
|
|
1
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Willapa Harbor Hospital
|
|
South Bend
|
|
1
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Yakima Regional Medical Center
|
|
Yakima
|
|
1
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Madigan Army Medical Center
|
|
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
|
|
1,939
|
|
99.9%
|
|
|
Swedish - Issaquah
|
|
Issaquah
|
|
1,623
|
|
99.8%
|
|
|
Sunnyside Community Hospital
|
|
Sunnyside
|
|
522
|
|
99.8%
|
|
|
Prosser Memorial Hospital
|
|
Prosser
|
|
381
|
|
99.7%
|
|
|
Kadlec Regional Medical Center
|
|
Richland
|
|
2,798
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
Virginia Mason Memorial
|
|
Yakima
|
|
2,563
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
Good Samaritan Hospital - MultiCare
|
|
Puyallup
|
|
2,280
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
Providence St Peter Hospital
|
|
Olympia
|
|
2,090
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
Holy Family Hospital - Providence
|
|
Spokane
|
|
1,225
|
|
99.6%
|
|
|
EvergreenHealth Kirkland
|
|
Kirkland
|
|
4,596
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Overlake Medical Center
|
|
Bellevue
|
|
3,687
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Swedish - Edmonds
|
|
Edmonds
|
|
1,370
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Swedish - Ballard
|
|
Seattle
|
|
1,122
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Northwest Hospital - UW Medicine
|
|
Seattle
|
|
1,080
|
|
99.5%
|
|
|
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
|
|
Vancouver
|
|
3,422
|
|
99.4%
|
|
|
Auburn Medical Center - MultiCare
|
|
Auburn
|
|
1,214
|
|
99.4%
|
|
|
St Joseph Hospital PeaceHealth - Bellingham
|
|
Bellingham
|
|
2,004
|
|
99.3%
|
|
|
Highline Medical Center
|
|
Burien
|
|
982
|
|
99.3%
|
|
|
Providence Centralia Hospital
|
|
Centralia
|
|
683
|
|
99.3%
|
|
|
Pullman Regional Hospital
|
|
Pullman
|
|
422
|
|
99.3%
|
|
|
Harrison Medical Center
|
|
Bremerton
|
|
1,953
|
|
99.2%
|
|
|
Trios Health Hospital
|
|
Kennewick
|
|
1,439
|
|
99.2%
|
|
|
Deaconess Hospital - MultiCare
|
|
Spokane
|
|
1,427
|
|
99.2%
|
|
|
Skagit Valley Hospital
|
|
Mount Vernon
|
|
989
|
|
99.2%
|
|
|
St Joseph Medical Center - Tacoma
|
|
Tacoma
|
|
4,235
|
|
99.1%
|
|
|
Sacred Heart Medical Center - Providence
|
|
Spokane
|
|
3,104
|
|
99.1%
|
|
|
Naval Hospital - Bremerton
|
|
Bremerton
|
|
527
|
|
99.1%
|
|
|
Swedish - First Hill
|
|
Seattle
|
|
7,532
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
Providence Everett Regional Medical Center
|
|
Everett
|
|
4,706
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
Valley Medical Center - UW Medicine
|
|
Renton
|
|
3,736
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
Valley Hospital
|
|
Spokane
|
|
708
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
Toppenish Community Hospital
|
|
Toppenish
|
|
404
|
|
99.0%
|
|
|
St John Medical Center - PeaceHealth
|
|
Longview
|
|
812
|
|
98.8%
|
|
|
St Francis Hospital
|
|
Federal Way
|
|
1,275
|
|
98.5%
|
|
|
Tacoma General Hospital - MultiCare
|
|
Tacoma
|
|
2,916
|
|
98.4%
|
|
|
Central Washington Hospital/Confluence Health
|
|
Wenatchee
|
|
1,339
|
|
98.4%
|
|
|
Naval Hospital - Oak Harbor
|
|
Oak Harbor
|
|
183
|
|
98.4%
|
|
|
Island Hospital
|
|
Anacortes
|
|
481
|
|
98.3%
|
|
|
Capital Medical Center
|
|
Olympia
|
|
662
|
|
98.2%
|
|
|
Grays Harbor Community Hospital
|
|
Aberdeen
|
|
442
|
|
98.2%
|
|
|
St Elizabeth Hospital
|
|
Enumclaw
|
|
335
|
|
98.2%
|
|
|
Othello Community Hospital
|
|
Othello
|
|
480
|
|
98.1%
|
|
|
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
|
|
Vancouver
|
|
2,062
|
|
97.9%
|
|
|
Kittitas Valley Healthcare
|
|
Ellensburg
|
|
324
|
|
97.8%
|
|
|
Forks Community Hospital
|
|
Forks
|
|
46
|
|
97.8%
|
|
|
Mason General Hospital
|
|
Shelton
|
|
256
|
|
97.3%
|
|
|
University of Washington Medical Center
|
|
Seattle
|
|
1,927
|
|
97.2%
|
|
|
WhidbeyHealth Medical Center
|
|
Coupeville
|
|
214
|
|
97.2%
|
|
|
Coulee Medical Center
|
|
Grand Coulee
|
|
69
|
|
97.1%
|
|
|
Three Rivers Hospital
|
|
Brewster
|
|
93
|
|
96.8%
|
|
|
Cascade Valley Hospital
|
|
Arlington
|
|
155
|
|
96.1%
|
|
|
Mount Carmel Hospital - Providence
|
|
Colville
|
|
217
|
|
95.9%
|
|
|
Olympic Medical Center
|
|
Port Angeles
|
|
501
|
|
95.8%
|
|
|
St Mary Medical Center - Providence
|
|
Walla Walla
|
|
687
|
|
95.5%
|
|
|
Mid-Valley Hospital
|
|
Omak
|
|
229
|
|
95.2%
|
|
|
Lake Chelan Community Hospital
|
|
Chelan
|
|
95
|
|
93.7%
|
|
|
Samaritan Healthcare
|
|
Moses Lake
|
|
1,026
|
|
93.6%
|
|
|
Jefferson Healthcare
|
|
Port Townsend
|
|
113
|
|
92.0%
|
|
|
All Hospital Births
|
|
Statewide
|
|
83,924
|
|
98.9%
|
|
|
All Out-of-Hospital Births
|
|
Statewide
|
|
3,151
|
|
80.6%
|
|
|
All Washington State Births
|
|
Statewide
|
|
87,234
|
|
98.3%
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If you have questions regarding the compliance and quality standards for Newborn Screening, please contact us at 206-418-5410 or email at NBS.Prog@doh.wa.gov.