New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 3000 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Part He-P 3008 - NEWBORN DRIED BLOOD SPOT SCREENING, CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE SCREENING AND NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING
Section He-P 3008.06 - Disposition of the DBS
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-P 3008.06
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) The DBS shall be processed by the infant's healthcare provider or designee as follows:
(1) The infant's healthcare provider shall
note in the infant's medical record the date and time the DBS is
obtained;
(2) The filter paper
shall be filled out completely, including the following information:
a. Whether the DBS is an initial or repeat
sample;
b. The name of the birth
facility where the infant was born;
c. The infant's medical record
number;
d. The name of the hospital
to which the infant has been transferred, if applicable;
e. The infant's mother's name, date of birth,
address, and telephone number;
f.
The name, address, and telephone number of the infant's healthcare
provider;
g. The infant's first and
last name;
h. The infant's
sex;
i. Whether the infant's birth
was a single birth or multiple birth, and if multiple, the infant's birth
order;
j. The date and time of
infant's birth;
k. The date and
time of DBS collection;
l. The
infant's birth weight and current weight;
m. Whether the infant was less than 24 hours
old at the time the DBS was obtained;
n. Whether the infant has undergone
transfusion preceding DBS collection, and, if so, the date of the most recent
transfusion;
o. Whether the infant
is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit or special care unit;
p. The infant's feeding method; and
q. Whether the submitter is the birth
facility, the transfer hospital, or the infant's healthcare provider;
and
(3) The filter paper
shall be sent within 24 hours of collection to the laboratory providing
analysis of the DBS via secure courier service provided by the
laboratory.
#8529, eff 12-23-05; ss by #9725, eff 7-1-10
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