Newborn Screening

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Main Phone Line

For inquiries during regular business hours, please call (402) 471-6558.


After Hours / Emergency Phone Number

For any emergencies that occur outside of regular hours, call (402) 471-0374.​

Newborn Screening is done for every baby born in Nebraska. A set of blood tests are done to find conditions that could be harmful to your child.

Even after a baby is born, there are usually no signs or symptoms, so parents cannot tell whether or not their baby may have a condition. This is why newborn screening is so important. It may find something you cannot see.

If a baby has one of these conditions and it is not found early, the baby could have seizures, physical disabilities, developmental disabilities, chronic illness, or may die.  

Blood tests are needed to help find the conditions so treatment can begin early and prevent these effects.

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    ​​​Newborn Screen Report Requests

    • Parents and alternate caregivers, please contact your child's primary care provider. 
    • Primary care providers, please be aware that requests may take five business days or longer based on the volume of requests. Please fax the newborn screen report request to (402) 742-2332.  For faster access, please call Revvity Client Services at (866) 463-6436 or email RevvityGenetics.Information@revvity.com to gain access to the online portal for viewing newborn screen report results. 

    NCAA Requests​

    NCAA requests for Newborn Screening results for Hemoglobinopathy testing must be requested through your child's birthing facility. Under regulations, Title 181 NAC 2 governing screening of infants for inherited and congenital-onset disease, Title 181 Chapter 2 006.04, the hospital or other submitter must place the screening test results in the newborn's medical record and appropriately retain those results for 25 years from the newborn's date of birth. Out-of-state requests should be handled the same way by contacting your child's birthing facility.  Please note that facilities should furnish records upon request; however, requests may take up to two weeks or more, depending on request volume. If there are issues related to obtaining the records from your child's birth facility, please call (402) 471-6558.

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    Contact Us

    Newborn Screening
    Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
    Phone Number 
    (402) 471-6558
    Fax Number
    (402) 742-2332
    Mailing Address
    P.O. Box 95026, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5026
    Jillian Chance, DNP, APRN-NP, FNP-BC
    Program Manager, please contact for information about program planning, evaluation and management, professional and patient education materials, and advisory committee.​

    Sarah Ward, MPH
     Contact for information about screening test results and follow-up.
    Michaela Howard, RD
    Contact for information about screening test results and follow-up.
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    Yousif Ibrahim
    Contact for information about screening test results and follow-up.




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    Krizia Sanoy
    Contact for specimen shipping questions and issues, greater than 48-hour specimens, patient educational materials, quality assurance issues, advisory committee, to request copies of Newborn Screening reports, and for Metabolic Foods Program Information.​