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 3008.10 - Disposal of DBS Residual
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) The testing laboratory shall store DBS specimens in sealed bags of low gas permeability containing a desiccant and humidity indicator at -20 degrees Celsius.
(b) The testing laboratory shall destroy DBS specimens 6 months after the collection date, in a manner consistent with applicable federal requirements relating to the disposal of human blood and body fluids per OSHA regulations 29 CFR 1910.1030.
(c) If the storage environment of any DBS specimen is found to have deviated from the required conditions described in (a) above, such that the stability of the specimen is likely to have been affected, the testing laboratory shall first notify the NSP and shall then destroy the DBS specimen.
#8529, eff 12-23-05; ss by #9725, eff 7-1-10 (from He-P 3008.09)
