Guidance

Newborn blood spot screening: avoidable repeat tests

Recommendations for maternity services to help meet the acceptable threshold for the newborn blood spot avoidable repeat tests key performance indicator.

Documents

Newborn blood spot screening programme: NB2 learning from best improvers and best performing maternity services

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Maternity services and healthcare professionals who work with newborn babies in the blood spot screening programme can use this information. The report has recommendations for maternity services to help meet the KPI threshold to reduce the number of avoidable repeat tests.

Published 30 January 2020