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Newborn Screening Analyte Interference List

The Newborn Screening Analyte Interference List is a compilation of published and observed analyte interferences of newborn screening assays. The list serves as a central, one-stop resource for all known newborn screening assay interferences.

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About Analyte Interferences

Analyte interferences in newborn screening are substances or factors that affect the accurate detection or measurement of the target analyte in a newborn's dried blood spot sample, leading to potentially incorrect screening results.

Explore the Analyte Interference List

Instructions for Using the table

Users can both review and add interferences to the list. Interferences can be sorted or filtered by one or more of the columns, or users can scroll to view all interferences. 

Click on the hyperlinks in the "Analyte Affected" column to see additional information, including root causes, mechanism of disruption and grade of certainty.