Comprehensive Newborn Screening | Lahalak Platform
Comprehensive preventive screening for silent genetic, hearing, and heart diseases, ensuring early intervention and protecting your child from permanent disabilities.
Scientific name: Newborn Screening (NBS)
A systematic preventive screening protocol is performed on all newborns within the first few days after birth to detect a range of genetic, metabolic, and hormonal disorders that can be treated or managed if diagnosed early. It involves heel prick blood testing, hearing screening, and screening for critical congenital heart defects using pulse oxim...
Service type
Comprehensive preventive screening
Duration
15-30 minutes
Fasting
Fasting is not required
Included Services
- A blood sample was taken from the newborn's heel for blood analysis.
- Comprehensive laboratory testing using tandem mass spectrometry (Tandem MS/MS) to detect metabolic diseases.
- Measuring TSH hormone (for hypothyroidism) and 17-OHP hormone (for congenital adrenal hyperplasia).
- Newborn hearing screening (Otoacoustic Emissions - OAE or Automated Auditory Brainstem Response - AABR).
- Screening for critical congenital heart disease using pulse oximetry.
- Directing and coordinating follow-up with the appropriate specialists (metabolism, endocrinology, cardiology, ENT) when needed.
- Personal support services from Lahalak
Medical Service Information
Conditions & Notices
- The best time to take a blood sample is between 48-72 hours after birth, and after starting breastfeeding or formula feeding.
- For infants being transferred to the NICU or receiving a blood transfusion: a blood sample should be taken before the transfusion if possible, or according to a hospital-specific protocol, with a repeat examination at 7-14 days of age.
- Hearing test: This is usually done when the child is quiet or asleep, and preferably before leaving the hospital.
- Pulse oximetry check: Performed when the baby is stable, usually 24 hours after birth.
- The consent form and information must be filled out accurately, and the laboratory must be provided with all the child's basic data (weight, gestational age, sample age, nutrition information).
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