Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part III - Prevention of Diseases
Chapter 28 - SCREENING AND FOLLOW-UP FOR DISEASES OF THE NEWBORN
SPECIMEN COLLECTION AND FOLLOW-UP
Section 28.22 - Timing of initial specimen collection by birth centers or hospitals

Universal Citation: 28 PA Code ยง 28.22

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) A birth center or hospital shall collect the initial specimen from each newborn child regardless of feeding history or medical condition, as close to 48 hours of age as possible but not later than 72 hours of age unless the newborn child falls into one of the following categories:

(1) Transfer. If the newborn child is transferred to another hospital for continuing care prior to 48 hours of age, the hospital to which the newborn child has been transferred shall collect a specimen from the newborn child, regardless of feeding history or medical condition, as close to 48 hours of age as possible but not later than 72 hours of age.

(2) Exchange transfusion. If the newborn child is to undergo an exchange transfusion, the birth center or hospital shall collect the initial specimen for testing immediately prior to the exchange transfusion.

(3) Early discharge. If the newborn child is discharged from the birth center or hospital before 24 hours of age, the birth center or hospital shall collect the initial specimen from the newborn child as close to the time of discharge as is practicable, regardless of feeding history or medical condition. The birth center or hospital shall give the parent or guardian in whose care and custody the newborn child is discharged written notification of the need for a repeat specimen and shall also provide instructions to the parent or guardian for obtaining a repeat specimen from the newborn child as described in § 28.26 (relating to timing of repeat specimen collection).

(b) When a newborn child, who was delivered other than in a birth center or hospital, is admitted to a hospital within the first 27 days of age and the hospital has received no record of results of an approved screening test for the newborn diseases in § 28.2 (relating to newborn diseases listed), the hospital to which the newborn child is admitted shall collect the initial specimen within 48 hours of admission to the hospital and shall send the specimen to the testing laboratory specified by the Department within 24 hours of collection.

The provisions of this §28.22 amended under section 16(a) of the Disease Control and Prevention Act of 1955 (35 P. S. § 521.16(a)); sections 2102(g) and 2111(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §§ 532(g) and 541(b)); and sections 3 and 5 of the Newborn Child Testing Act (35 P. S. §§ 623 and 625).

This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 501.49 (relating to newborn infant care policies and procedures).

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