Oregon
Disorders
Screened in Oregon
Oregon 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 PDF format.
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General Information
Oregon added more than 25 disorders to its newborn screening panel on October 1, 2002, with the addition of tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) technology. The state expects to add Cystic Fibrosis (CF) screening to the panel on November 1, 2006.
Oregon's highlights in newborn screening history include:
- First to start universal screening for PKU in 1961.
- Congenital Hypothyroidism screening implemented in 1975.
- The development/pilot testing of multiple disorders (CAH, muscular dystrophy, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, methionine, tyrosine, msud, toxoplasmosis, C-1 esterase deficiency).
- First to implement a statewide educational program for parents and practitioners.
- Wrote the first practitioner's manual.
- First to design and implement a quality assurance program for hospitals.
Newborn Screening Advisory
Committee
Oregon's
NBSAC is currently being reformed.
Oregon NBSAC Chairperson
Unknown at this time
NBSAC Meeting Dates
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