Newborn Screening Program

Minnesota Public Health Laboratory

The Minnesota Newborn Screening Program identifies babies at risk for conditions that can affect their long-term health or survival. Most of these conditions cannot be seen at birth but can be treated or helped if found early. Newborn screening includes blood spot, hearing, and pulse oximetry screening.

Almost every day, our program identifies a baby with one of the health conditions on our screening panel, which is often updated with new conditions. This early identification gives each baby an opportunity to receive treatment or intervention before serious health problems appear. Learn more on our About Newborn Screening page.

• For Providers: information about blood spot collection and screening results, hearing screening, and pulse oximetry screening. We also provide prenatal education and postnatal education materials.
   
• For Families: the basics of newborn screening, what screening results mean, laboratory testing overview, information about hemoglobin and sickle cell trait, and more. See also our MinneStories™, in which parents discuss how their children were helped by newborn screening.
   
• Materials and Resources: legal forms, including parental options, and educational materials, the newborn screening panel, blood spot disorder fact sheets, and more.
   
• Program Information: blood spot retention practices, announcements, new conditions, BRIDGES-NBS study, and more.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Minnesota Newborn Screening Program

Mailing address:
PO Box 64899
Saint Paul, MN 55164

Address for deliveries:
601 Robert St N
Saint Paul, MN 55155

General phone number: 651-201-5466
Toll-free phone number: 1-800-664-7772
On-call genetic counselor: 651-201-2548

Fax number: 651-215-6285

Email: health.newbornscreening@state.mn.us