Newborn Screening (Heel-Prick Blood Spot)
Heel-prick dried blood spot screen for treatable inborn conditions. Each country and state screens a different set, and many reports print only normal/abnormal.
1 test explainedAlso printed as Newborn Screen, Newborn Screening Panel, Heel Prick Test, Blood Spot Screening, Teste do PezinhoLOINC 54089-8
The test in this panel
What each one measures and the range labs usually print for adults. Ranges differ a little between labs, so the range on your own report is the one your result is judged against.
G6PD (Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase)
Measures how active the G6PD enzyme is in your red blood cells. Low activity is called G6PD deficiency.
- 18+
- 9.6–16.3 U/g Hb
Labs can include 9 more tests in this panel that we haven’t written up yet.