Newborn bloodspot screening policies and standards
- All Wales/National
- Annual
The Screening Division of Public Health Wales is responsible for the planning, preparation and delivery of the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales (NBSW) programme. The programme offers every newborn baby who is resident in Wales at day 5 of life bloodspot screening and every infant who becomes resident in Wales, up to one year of age.
The policies and standards in this document outline what needs to be achieved in all aspects of the programme.
The Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales System (NBSWS) has been developed to support the management of a safe and sustainable programme across Wales. This system collects and collates information across the programme to monitor the quality of newborn bloodspot screening and provides Quality Assurance and management reports based on the policies and standards.
NBSWS also identifies babies the programme expects to receive either a bloodspot card or decline for the test(s), and initiates failsafe procedures for possible ‘missed’ babies.
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Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales Policies and Standards 2021
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