Newborn Blood Spots, Collaborative Project with UCD Public Health Sciences Department

Project Timeline: 8/1/2009-1/31/2013

Between August 1, 2009 through January 31, 2013, CDPH and Sequoia Foundation furnished newborn blood spots, as needed, to the UC Davis Public Health Sciences Department, Davis, California.
The scope of work included the following:
1) Link 1100 BSFN records to newborn screening program records and fine specimen locations,
2) Poll 1100 newborn dried blood spots, with dates of birth 1999 through 2010, in at least three requests,
3) Create a data set of NBS laboratory results and other fields,
4) Provide data in batches of 200 or more, and
5) Consultation to assist with data usage.