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ReviewInternational journal of neonatal screening2025

Implementation Timeframes for the Addition of New Conditions to Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programmes: A Scoping Review.

Margaret M Brennan, Aoife O'Connell, Loretta O'Grady, Mohamed Elsammak, Jennifer J Brady, Paul Marsden, Heather Burns, Abigail Collins

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Review in International journal of neonatal screening, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Margaret M BrennanChild Health Public Health, National Healthy Childhood Programme, Health Service Executive Area Office, Arden Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-5390-8827
Aoife O'ConnellChild Health Public Health, National Healthy Childhood Programme, Health Service Executive Area Office, Arden Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
Loretta O'GradyNational Newborn Screening Laboratory, Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
Mohamed ElsammakNational Newborn Screening Laboratory, Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
Jennifer J BradyNational Newborn Screening Laboratory, Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.ORCID 0009-0002-0163-2563
Paul MarsdenChild Health Public Health, National Healthy Childhood Programme, Health Service Executive Area Office, Arden Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
Heather BurnsChild Health Public Health, National Healthy Childhood Programme, Health Service Executive Area Office, Arden Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
Abigail CollinsChild Health Public Health, National Healthy Childhood Programme, Health Service Executive Area Office, Arden Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are being added to the Newborn Bloodspot Screening (NBS) programme in the Republic of Ireland. To support this expansion, we conducted a scoping review to identify reported timeframes for implementing national, regional or state-wide expanded NBS programmes. We performed a scoping review of the literature published between 2015 and 2025. Eligible articles described the timeframes for implementation of expanded NBS programmes for SCID, SMA or additional metabolic conditions. Sources included PubMed, Embase, citation searching, the International Journal of Neonatal Screening and grey literature. A narrative synthesis was undertaken. Fourteen articles met the inclusion criteria, describing the addition of new conditions-SCID (N = 7), SMA (N = 4), or multiple conditions (N = 3) to expanded NBS programmes in the United States (US), Europe (Belgium, Catalonia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Tuscany), Hong Kong and New Zealand. In most jurisdictions, the implementation of NBS programmes for new conditions took two to six years. The implementation of NBS for new conditions requires considerable time and coordinated efforts. Further research providing greater detail on the specific implementation steps, along with associated timelines, would provide valuable guidance for jurisdictions aiming to expand NBS programmes globally.

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bloodspotimplementationnewborn screeningsevere combined immunodeficiencyspinal muscular atrophytimeframes

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PMID41283368
PMCPMC12641917

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