Does the Newborn Screening laboratory run tests everyday?
The regular work hours for the Newborn Screening Lab are 7:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. However, mail is picked up from the Post Office daily Monday through Saturday and on holidays. Alternative mail services make daily deliveries to the newborn screening lab Monday through Friday as needed. Alternative mail services can deliver mail to the security guard at front door of the lab on week ends and holidays. Newborn Screening lab does perform screening during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. All mail received on weekends or holidays is dated and run on the next working day in the order of the date received. On any holidays greater than 3 days, lab personnel will come in to perform testing, specimens will not go longer than 3 days without being tested. Written reports of normal specimens are mailed within 5 to 7 working days after receipt in the laboratory.
