Title: Newborn Screening Process | Newborn Screening
Headings: Newborn Screening Process
Newborn Screening Process
When Does Newborn Screening Happen?
Where Does NBS Happen?
How Does NBS Happen?
Blood Spot Screening
Pulse Oximetry Screening
Hearing Screening
Is NBS the Same for All Babies in the U.S.?
Parent Options During Screening
Differences in the Newborn Screening Panel
Before Newborn Screening: Questions to Ask

Content: The public health laboratory sends your baby’s results to your baby’s health care provider, not straight to you. If the result suggests the presence of a condition, then either the health care provider or the state NBS program will contact you. Be sure to ask about your baby’s results at your baby’s first or second well-child visit. It is important to ask about your baby’s NBS results—do not assume that no news means that the results are in-range. To learn more about blood spot screening results, visit the Newborn Screening Results and Follow-Up page. Pulse Oximetry Screening
Pulse oximetry screening uses a sensor to determine if your baby might have certain heart conditions called critical congenital heart disease (CCHD). CCHD is a group of serious heart conditions present at birth. Children with CCHD have any of a wide range of heart problems that arise when parts of the heart do not form correctly. In some forms of CCHD, the heart has trouble delivering oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Babies with these forms of CCHD have low levels of oxygen in their blood.