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Partnering to Improve a System
Thursday we celebrated our recent statewide success at reducing the time it takes newborn screening blood spot samples to get to our State Laboratory for testing. Over the last 8 months, Arizona has...
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ADHS Receives March of Dimes National Award
The ADHS won the first-ever Newborn Screening Quality Award from the March of Dimes this week. We were recognized for shortening the length of time it takes bloodspot samples to get from Arizona...
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Newborn Screening Advisory Committee Recommendation: Add SCID
Newborn Screening consists of critical laboratory and bedside tests done on newborns to see if they have certain inherited diseases. Early detection for these specific diseases is critical for the...
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Newborn Screening Turn-Around Times
When a reporter from Wisconsin wrote a story about newborn screening turn-around times around the country in December of 2013, we found out that we had room for improvement when it comes to the time it...
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Newborn Screening Rulemaking Moves Forward
The Arizona Newborn Screening Program screens more than 80,000 babies for a panel of 29 disorders annually. Although babies born with these disorders may appear to be normal at birth, with time the...
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Newborn screening expands
Newborn Screening month wraps up at the end of September and has served as a time to recognize the great strides we’ve made in screening babies born in Arizona. Arizona joins 36 other states in...
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Arizona State Public Health Lab Helping to Protect Health Statewide
April 24 through 30 is National Laboratory Professionals Week, a time for us to take a moment to thank our hard-working laboratory staff. This week we will celebrate the vital contributions laboratory...
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Introducing the New ADHS Logo
I’m excited to announce we have a new logo for our department! Developing our new logo was an extensive process where we looked at several options that would best embody what we do for our community....
View ArticleYouth Tobacco Rates Continue to Drop in Arizona
We’re seeing a downward trend in Arizona with youth tobacco prevalence that is similar to the national trend , according to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey. The percentage of...
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Newborn Screening Program Adds SCID Testing to Program Today
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...
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