Resources

NSQAP Participation

• Request Participation Form [PDF - 214 KB]

Guidelines

• Shipping Guidelines for Dried-Blood Spot Specimens [PDF - 111 KB]

Quality Control (QC)

QC Certification Data

• Set 1 2013 Hormone Certification [PDF - 189 KB]
• Set 1 2013 AA Certification (Derivatized) [PDF - 206 KB]
• Set 1 2013 AA Certification (Non-derivatized) [PDF - 140 KB]
• Set 1 2013 AC Certification (Derivatized) [PDF - 147 KB]
• Set 1 2013 AC Certification (Non-derivatized) [PDF - 116 KB]
• Set 1 2013 IRT Certification [PDF - 114 KB]

QC Data Report Forms

• Set 1 2013 QC Data Entry Form [PDF - 822 KB]

Proficiency Testing (PT)

Anti-HIV

• Quarter 2 2013 Anti-HIV Data Report Form [XLS - 141 KB]

Cystic Fibrosis Mutation

• Quarter 2 2013 CFDNA Data Report Form [XLS - 46 KB]

Sickle Cell and Hemoglobin

• Panel 2 2013 Sickle Cell and Hemoglobin Report Form [XLS - 31 KB]

Anti-Toxoplasma Antibodies

• Quarter 2 2013 Anti-Toxoplasma Antibodies Data Report Form [XLS - 103 KB]

T-Cell Receptor Excision Circle (TREC)

• Quarter 2 2013 T-Cell Receptor Excision Circle (TREC) Data Report Form [XLS - 93 KB]

Pilot MS/MS Ratios Proficiency Testing Program

• MS/MS Ratios Data Entry Form

Publications

• Newborn Screening Laboratory Bulletin
  A publication that highlights the critical importance of newborn screening and CDC's laboratory role in newborn screening worldwide.

Web Conferences

• Newborn Screening by Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS): State Experiences and Considerations with Derivatized and Non-Derivatized Methods
  May 2012
  
• 2011 Newborn Screening Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) Webcast Series Conference Proceedings
  May 2011
  A two-part webcast sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and CDC's Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program.
• Molecular Testing in Newborn Screening
  May 2009
  A two-part webcast sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and CDC's Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program.
• Quality Assurance of Cystic Fibrosis Testing in Newborn Screening Programs
  November 2007
• Unsatisfactory Newborn Screening Specimens: Interpretations, Studies and Current Trends Web Conference
  May 2005
• Tandem Mass Spectrometry QC/QA for Newborn Screening Web Conference
  January/February 2004