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In
the Blood:
New born Screening - click to download PDF(147K):
download requires Adobe Acrobat In developed countries around the world, a
baby, usually between 48 and 72 hours after birth, is pricked in the
heel. The
welling drop of blood is dripped onto an absorbent piece of card. In The small droplets of blood soak right through the card
within each of the circles so that the laboratory the sample is sent to
has
plenty of material to work with. Below the circles the card contains
the baby's
name, time of birth, gender, birth weight, gestation age,
breast-feeding, and
parent details.
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