Health experts stress importance of newborn screening
Health care providers are emphasizing the importance of routine newborn screenings conducted within the first 24 hours of life. These tests help detect rare metabolic, endocrine, and blood disorders that are not always visible during clinical exams.
Why it matters
Early detection through newborn screening is critical for preventing long-term developmental delays and serious health outcomes in infants.
UPPER MICHIGAN. (WLUC) - Health care providers are reminding parents of the importance of newborn screening.
Routine newborn screening is usually done in the first 24 hours after birth. Screenings look for rare but serious health conditions that may not present right away and detect concerns like metabolic, endocrine and blood disorders.
Aspirus Health Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Sara Baldwin says these screenings pick up conditions other tests might miss.
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