Newborn Screening Contacts

Questions about Newborn Screening Laboratory Testing or a Newborn Screening Report:

• Contact NCSLPH Customer Services by phone at: (919) 733-3937
• Contact the NC Newborn Screening Laboratory by email at: slph.nbs@dhhs.nc.gov
• For more information visit the NCSLPH Newborn Screening website at: NCDHHS I DPH I NCSLPH I Newborn Screening

Follow-up Questions for Hemoglobinopathies:

• Contact the NC Sickle Cell Syndrome Program by phone at: (919) 707-5700
• Contact the NC Sickle Cell Syndrome Program by email at: ncsicklecell@dhhs.nc.gov
• For more information visit the NC Sickle Cell Syndrome Program website at: NCDHHS I DPH I NC Sickle Cell Syndrome Program

Follow-up Questions for Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Disorders, X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD), and Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (MPS I):

• Follow-up services for these disorders are provided by the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), Division of Genetics and Metabolism.
• Program website: Pediatric Genetics | UNC Children's | Chapel Hill, NC (uncchildrens.org)   
• FOR URGENT INQUIRIES ONLY: Contact the UNC Division of Genetics and Metabolism by phone at: (984)-974-1000 (Request that the Receptionist page the Pediatric Geneticist on-call).

Questions Related to Newborn Screening Services:

Follow-up for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Biotinidase Deficiency, Galactosemia, Glycogen Storage Disease Type II (Pompe), Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH), Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), and Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Services
Critical Congenital Heart Defects (CCHD) Screening

• Contact the Division of Child and Family Wellbeing by phone at: (919) 707-5600
• For more information visit the Genetics and Newborn Screening website at: NCDHHS I DCFW I Genetics and Newborn Screening
  

For all non-urgent queries: Contact NCSLPH Customer Services at (919) 733-3937 to have queries directed to the appropriate team.

Newborn Screening Information

• Newborn Screening
• Core and Secondary Conditions
• Hemoglobinopathies
• NC Newborn Screening Program Panel
• Reporting
• Resources and Updates
• Specimen Collection
• Newborn Screening Contacts