title: Newborn screening residual dried blood spot use for newborn screening quality improvement.
abstract: The outcomes of a meeting that focused on the role of the residual dried blood spots from newborn screening for uses in the improvement of newborn screening are reported. Discussions of policy development, such as this one, begin by identifying the problem to be solved; in this case, it is achieving common ground to develop consistent policies for the use of residual dried blood spots, such that their benefits to the public's health and the health of children are amplified, and harms are minimized. Similarly, the issue must be considered contextually. The example of newborn screening for phenylketonuria was used to highlight the issues in the context of the condition with the longest history in newborn screening. Principles and recommendations for the use of the residual dried blood spot were developed.
authors.affiliation: American College of Medical Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA. jbenkendorf@acmg.net
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benkendorf
authors.forename: Taylor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goodspeed
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000592:standards*; D003219:Confidentiality; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D054582:National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.); D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010661:Phenylketonurias / Q000175:diagnosis; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health; D040442:Public Health Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States; D014488:United States Health Resources and Services Administration