Wisconsin Specifics
This Wisconsin lab performs all newborn screening testing
What is the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene?
This specimen type is used for screening
What is dried blood spot?
MS/MS measures this molecular property
What is mass to charge ratio?
Elevated phenylalanine indicates this disorder
What is PKU?
A positive report represents this
What is a high risk screening result?
This law allows, limited refusal of newborn screening.
What is religious objection?
This error causes uneven analyte distribution
What is insufficient saturation or layering?
This ionization method is used in newborn screening
What is electrospray ionization?
Elevated C8 suggests this FAO
What is MCADD?
These people are contacted to manage metabolic disorders
What is a metabolic specialist/geneticist?
This panel guides Wisconsin’s screening conditions
What is the recommended uniform screening panel? RUSP
This timing issue affects metabolite accuracy
What is collection before 24 hours?
Fragmentation improves this analytical feature
What is specificity?
Odd number acylcarnitines reflect dysfunction in this pathway
What are organic academia’s?
Conditions that have a high risk for severe or life-threatening damage are called this
What are time critical disorders?
Wisconsin screens for this many conditions
What is 50?
The number of hours a submitter has to get a collection to the WSLH
What is 24?
internal standards correct for this
What is analytical variability?
Ratios improve detection by reducing this
What are false positives?
This notification is required for every callout and must be documented
What is a readback confirm?
This public health role goes beyond testing alone
What is follow up and surveillance?
Contractually Purple Mountain must deliver specimens by this time
What is 8 AM?
Multiplexing allows this advantage
What is screening many disorders at once?
Organic acidemias disrupt this metabolism
What is amino acid?
The WSLH has a partnership with this program for Newborn screening
What is the Wisconsin Department of health services? (DHS)