NEWBORN SCREENING ACT OF 2004

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NEWBORN SCREENING RA

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9288

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a formal authorization issued by the DOH to an individual, partnership, corporation
or association and to the Newborn Screening Center. It must comply with the mandatory requirements as enumerated in the attached annexes and with the input, process and outcome standards as prescribed in the Manual of Operations for Newborn Screening Center.

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accreditation

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refers to the Department of the Interior and Local Government

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DILG

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refers to the Department of Health, the lead agency in implementing this Act

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DOH

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refers to the monitoring of a newborn with a heritable condition for. the purpose of
ensuring that the newborn patient receives the appropriate medicine or dietary prescriptions.

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follow up

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refer to hospitals, health infirmaries, health centers, lying-in centers or puericulture centers with obstetrical and pediatric services, whether public or private.

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health insitutions

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refers to physicians, nurses, midwives, nursing aides and traditional birth attendants

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healthcare practitioner

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refer to the national organizations of recognized health societies in the country.

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health professional societies

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any condition that can result in mental retardation, physical deformity or death if left undetected and untreated and which is usually inherited from the genes of either or both biological parents of the newborn.

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heritable condition

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refers to the Implementing Rules and Regulations.

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IRR

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refers to the Local Government Unit.

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LGU

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refers to the tertiary hospitals equipped to diagnose and manage the confirmed cases.

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national comprehensive newborn screening system

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refers to the National Institutes of Health, Philippines.

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NIHP

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a child from the time of complete delivery to thirty (30) days old.

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newborn

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the process of collecting a few drops of blood from the newborn onto an appropriate collection card and performing biochemical testing for determining if the newborn has a heritable condition.

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newborn screening

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a facility equipped with a newbom screening laboratory that complies with the standards established by the NIHP, and provides all required laboratory tests and
recall/follow-up programs for newborns with heritable conditions.

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newborn screening center (NSC)

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central facility at the NIHP that defines testing and follow-up protocols, maintains an external laboratory proficiency testing program, oversees the national testing database and case registries, assists in training activities in all aspects of the NBS program, oversees content of educational materials, recommends establishment of NSCs and acts as the Secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening.

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newborn screening reference center (NSRC)

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materials needed in collecting NBS samples namely; filter collection card, lancet, information materials,, etc, which can be procured at the NSC.

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newborn screening specimen collection kit

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the various means of providing parents or legal guardians information about NBS

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parent education

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health institutions offering newborn screening services such as, but not limited to, motivation of parents, collection of blood sample and recall.

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participating health institutions

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refers to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation.

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PHIC

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-a. procedure for locating a newbom with a positive screening results from a possible
heritable condition for purposes of providing that newborn with appropriate laboratory testing to confirm the diagnosis and, as appropriate, to provide treatment.

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recall

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provision of prompt, appropriate and adequate medicine, medical and surgical
management or dietary prescription to a newborn for purposes of treating or mitigating the adverse health consequences of a heritable condition.

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treatment

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NBS shall be performed after 1.________ hours of life but not later than 2.__________ days from complete delivery of the rewborn. A newborn placed in intensive care in order to ensure survival may be exempted from the 3. ______ day requirement but should be tested by 4. _______ days of age.

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1. 24
2. 3
3. 3
4. 7

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RULE 1

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policy and application

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RULE 2

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national comprehensive newborn screening system

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RULE 3

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implementation

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RULE 4

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advisory committee on newborn screening

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RULE 5

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newborn screening fees

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RULE 6

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newborn screening centers

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RULE 7

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establishment of newborn screening reference center

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RULE 8

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final provisions

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how many sections are there in RA 9288

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30