Newborn Screening: Current Status in Alberta, Canada
by
Andy De Souza 1,2,†,
Vanessa Wolan 1,2,†,
Angie Battochio 1,
Susan Christian 3,4,
Stacey Hume 3,4,
Grace Johner 5,
Margaret Lilley 3,4,
Ross Ridsdale 1,4,
Kareena Schnabl 1,2,
Chi Tran 1,
Jolene Yuen-Jung 1 and
Iveta Sosova 1,2,*
Andy De Souza 1,2,†,
Vanessa Wolan 1,2,†,
Angie Battochio 1,
Susan Christian 3,4,
Stacey Hume 3,4,
Grace Johner 5,
Margaret Lilley 3,4,
Ross Ridsdale 1,4,
Kareena Schnabl 1,2,
Chi Tran 1,
Jolene Yuen-Jung 1 and
Iveta Sosova 1,2,*
1
Newborn Metabolic Screening and Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta Public Laboratories, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
2
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
3
Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta Public Laboratories, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
4
Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada
5
Screening Programs, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB T2S 3C3, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2019, 5(4), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns5040037
Received: 31 July 2019 / Revised: 28 September 2019 / Accepted: 30 September 2019 / Published: 1 October 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from 11th ISNS European Regional Meeting)
Newborn screening (NBS) in Alberta is delivered by a number of government and health service entities who work together to provide newborn screening to infants born in Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and the Kitikmeot region of the Nunavut territory. The Alberta panel screens for 21 disorders (16 metabolic, two endocrine, cystic fibrosis, severe combined immunodeficiency, and sickle cell disease). NBS is a standard of care, but is not mandatory. NBS performance is monitored by the Alberta Newborn Metabolic Screening (NMS) Program and NMS Laboratory, who strive for continuous quality improvement. Performance analysis found that over 99% of registered infants in Alberta received a newborn screen and over 98% of these infants received a screen result within 10 days of age.
Keywords:
newborn screening; Alberta; second-tier
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De Souza, A.; Wolan, V.; Battochio, A.; Christian, S.; Hume, S.; Johner, G.; Lilley, M.; Ridsdale, R.; Schnabl, K.; Tran, C.; Yuen-Jung, J.; Sosova, I. Newborn Screening: Current Status in Alberta, Canada. Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2019, 5, 37.
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