For Medical Providers

Practitioner's Manual

The Oregon Newborn Bloodspot Screening Practitioner's Manual provides everything you need for success!

Note: The Practitioner's Manual was updated 10/2025.

Access Test Results

Bloodspot Collection & Submission

NBS Submitter Codes

See the NBS Submitter Codes searchable table

Specimen Collection Card

Community & Home Birth Settings

Requests for Changes to Result Reports

More Provider Resources

Newborn Screening Specialty Medical Consultant Contact Information (pdf)
Residual Bloodspot Retention, Use, and Release (includes requests for CMV testing)

Information and Forms for Families

Exemption Form

This form should be submitted for any family claiming religious exemption to newborn bloodspot screening. The exemption form is now located on back of the filter paper on the new specimen collection cards. The exemption form is also available in the following languages:

Spanish │Vietnamese │Traditional Chinese │Simplified Chinese │Russian │Korean │Arabic │Pashto │Somali

Accreditation and Certification

The Oregon State Public Health Laboratory holds the following certificates.