newborn Flashcards
It is a type of screening tested upon the newborn in order to detect metabolic
disorders.
A
Which agency shall establish the Advisory committee for newborn screening
doh
Which agency shall develop the implementing rules and regulations to be coordinated
with the DILG
doh
This type of center should have recall/follow up programs for infants found positive
Newborn Screening Center
Year the Newborn Screening Act was approve
2004
The specimen that they use in Newborn Screening Center
C Blood from the heel
What Article number has all final provision sections of the
RA 9288
Article 5
The last section of the act, also known as Effectivit
Section 19
Number of RA 9288 sections in total
19 section
Section number for the Repealing Clause
Section 17
Section number for the Separability
Section 18
Presidents that signed the approval for the RA 9288
Presidents Macapagal-Arroyo
A procedure for locating a newborn with a possible
heritable condition for purposes of providing the
newborn with appropriate laboratory to confirm the
disorder/disease
Recall
Monitoring of a newborn with a heritable condition
for the purpose of ensuring that the newborn patient
complies fully with the medicine of dietary
prescriptions
Follow up
Facility equipped with a newborn screening
laboratory that complies with the standards
established by the NIH and provides all required
laboratory tests and recall/follow-up program
Newborn Screening Center
Central facility at the NIH that confirms testing and
follow-up protocols, maintains an external laboratory
proficiency testing program, and oversees the
national testing database, training activities, and
content of educational materials.
Newborn Screening Reference
Center
. What does “Follow-up” mean under this Act
Monitoring a newborn’s compliance with medical or dietary prescription
What is the definition of “Newborn Screening Center” according to this Act?
A facility equipped with a newborn screening laboratory
What does “Heritable condition” refer to under this Act?
A condition that can result in mental retardation, physical deformity, or death
Who are considered “Healthcare practitioners” as defined in this Act
Physicians and nurses, midwives, nursing aides and traditional birth attendants
What is the role of the “Newborn Screening Reference Center” according to this Act?
C) Maintaining an external laboratory proficiency testing program
means a newborn screening system that includes education of relevant
stakeholders, tracking and confirmatory testing, and clinical evaluation of test results
Comprehensive Newborn Screening System
efers to the monitoring of a newborn with a heritable condition to ensure
compliance with medicine or dietary prescriptions.
Follow-up
_ include hospitals, health centers, and facilities with obstetrical and pediatric
services, whether public or private
Health institutions