Consistency in the Assessment of Dried Blood Spot Specimen Size and Quality in U.K. Newborn Screening Laboratories

• Автори: Stuart J. Moat (Автор), James R. Bonham (Автор), Christine Cavanagh (Автор), Margaret Birch (Автор), Caroline Griffith (Автор), Lynette Shakespeare (Автор), Clare Le Masurier (Автор), Claire Manfredonia (Автор), Beverly Hird (Автор), Philippa Goddard (Автор), Sarah Smith (Автор), Laura Wainwright (Автор), Rachel S. Carling (Автор), Jennifer Cundick (Автор), Fiona Jenkinson (Автор), Catherine Collingwood (Автор), Nick Flynn (Автор), Nazia Taj (Автор), Mehdi Mirzazadeh (Автор), Tejswurree Ramgoolam (Автор), Liz Robinson (Автор), Amy Headley (Автор), Tessa Morgan (Автор), David Elliman (Автор), Lesley Tetlow (Автор)
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• Опубліковано: MDPI AG, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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In 2015, U.K. newborn screening (NBS) laboratory guidelines were introduced to standardize dried blood spot (DBS) specimen quality acceptance and specify a minimum acceptable DBS diameter of ≥7 mm. The UK 'acceptable' avoidable repeat rate (AVRR) is ≤2%. To assess inter-laboratory variabil...