Delaware
Disorders Screened in Delaware
Delaware does NOT provide the
full panel of screenings
recommended by Save Babies Through Screening Foundation. Parents should seek
supplemental
screening for the disorders and conditions not included in the state's panel.
The disorders that are screened, or likely to be detected, by your state's
program are identified by the
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center in simplified format or in
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General Information
The Delaware Newborn Screening Program, assisted by its Advisory Committee and
with the approval of the Director of the Division of Public Health, provides newborn screening services. Delaware offers a fee
exemption in the event that a parent cannot pay for the screening. Delaware prefers the first screen to take place at least 24
hours after the first feeding. The second screen is preferred between 7 and 28 days. In Delaware approximately 15-30 infants
per year are identified with one of the metabolic conditions detectable through newborn screening.
The screening laboratory uses
tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS).
Delaware hires a courier service for the delivery of its NBS specimens.
The courier service has been very effective in Delaware, and labs receive samples on the same day. Specimens are collected to
begin testing the next day.
The Delaware laboratory and follow-up programs work six day work-weeks
(follow-up is on call).
Delaware has approximately 10,000 births per year.
Newborn Screening Advisory Committee
Delaware has a Newborn Screening Advisory Committee (NBSAC).
Delaware NBSAC Chairperson
Louis E. Bartoshesky, M.D., M.P.H
Clinical Genetics and General Pediatrics
1600 Rockland Road
PO Box 269
Wilmington, DE 19899
NBSAC Meeting Dates:
June and October
Location of Meetings:
Belmont Hall
Smyrna, DE
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