New York Newborn Screen Specimen Planner (Wadsworth Center)
Plans each New York newborn screening specimen and its window under the Wadsworth Center protocol.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Birth
- 2026-09-10T08:00
- Birth weight
- 1450
- Admitted to the NICU
- Yes
- First specimen drawn
- 2026-09-11T12:00
- First transfusion
- 2026-09-11T10:00
Result: A 1,450 g NICU infant transfused before any screen: three NICU specimens, plus one 4 months after the final transfusion.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Birth (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- Birth weight (g)
- Admitted to the NICU
- First specimen drawn (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- Discharged (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- First transfusion (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- Final transfusion (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- Last TPN (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
The other 2 fields
- Readmitted within the first 28 days
- Proof of a screen-negative result
How this is calculated
Wadsworth Center, New York State Newborn Screening Program: Specimen Collection Guide (updated March 2026). Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.