RA 9288 Flashcards
Newborn Screening Act of 2004
RA 9288
When is the date of approval?
April 7, 2004
Who is the President who signed the Republic Act?
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Declaration of Policy:
- promote and protect the right to health of the people
- institutionalize a national newborn screening program
- collaborate with government and non-government agencies
National newborn screening program should be:
Comprehensive
Integrative
Sustainable
Objectives of NBS:
- ensure that every newborn has access to newborn screening
- establish and integrate a newborn screening system
- ensure that all health practitioners are aware of the advantages of NBS
- ensure that parents recognize their responsibilities in promoting their child’s right to health
Comprehensive National Newborn screening system
- education of relevant stakeholders
- collection and biochemical screening of blood samples
- tracking and confirmatory testing
- clinical evaluation and medical confirmation
- medical management
- evaluation activities
Follow-up
Monitoring a newborn with heritable condition
Recall
Procedure for locating a newborn with possible heritable condition
Treatment
provision of medicine, surgical management, and dietary prescription for newborns
Health institutions
hospitals, infirmaries, lying-in centers, health centers, puericulture centers
Health practitioners
physicians, nurses, midwives, nursing aides, traditional birth attendants, medical technologists
Parent education
Provision of information on NBS
Newborn
A child from the time of delivery up to 30 days old
Heritable conditions
any condition that can result to mental retardation, physical deformity, or death if left untreated and undetected (usually inherited from the genes of parents)
