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Newborn Screening Program Adds SCID Testing to Program Today
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Newborn Screening Program Adds SCID Testing to Program Today

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Newborn Screening Program Adds SCID Testing to Program Today

By Cara Christ|2017-08-09T10:04:29-07:00August 9th, 2017|Newborn Screening|

The State Public Health Lab Newborn Screening Program started testing for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) syndrome on August 9. SCID is the name for a group of inherited disorders that cause babies to be born without a working immune system, putting them at risk for getting serious infections and death. Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation [...]

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Time to Comment on Newborn Screening Rules

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:24-07:00November 21st, 2014|Licensing, Preparedness|

Last month I wrote about how we are working on revising our Newborn Screening rules because of a change in state law. The changes include requiring hearing tests on all newborns, adding critical congenital heart defects screening and adding a screening for severe combined immunodeficiency started January 2016. The last test depends on whether we [...]

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