Section 181-2-006 - HOSPITAL OR OTHER SUBMITTER DUTIES006.01COLLECTION AND REPORTING FORM. The hospital or other submitter designated by the newborn's attending physician must complete all information and collect the specimen on the Department approved collection and reporting form. The hospital or other submitter must retain the designated copy for inclusion into the newborn's medical record and send the remaining copies to the testing laboratory designated by the Department within 24 hours after specimen collection.006.02NO SPECIMEN COLLECTED. The hospital or other submitter designated by the newborn's attending physician must immediately notify the newborn's physician or designee by telephone and in writing if the newborn was discharged before a screening sample was collected and document this notification in the newborn's medical record.006.03NO TEST RESULTS. The birthing hospital or facility must maintain a monitoring mechanism to track results for all births occurring at or in route and admitted to their facility. If test results are not received by the hospital or other submitter within 10 days after the specimen was submitted to the testing laboratory, the hospital or other submitter must immediately contact the testing laboratory to determine if the testing laboratory received the specimen and performed the appropriate analyses, and document this contact in the newborn's medical record. 006.03(A)PHYSICIAN NOTIFICATION. If the testing laboratory did not receive a specimen, the hospital or other submitter must immediately notify the physician by telephone and in writing and document this notification in the newborn's medical record.006.03(B)DOCUMENTATION. If the testing laboratory did receive the specimen and completed the appropriate analyses, a duplicate report must be obtained and placed in the newborn's medical record.006.03(C)NEBRASKA NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM (NNSP) NOTIFICATION. If the testing laboratory did receive the specimen but has not yet performed the appropriate analyses, the hospital or other submitter must immediately notify the Nebraska Newborn Screening Program (NNSP).006.04SCREENING TEST RESULTS RECEIVED. When the hospital or other submitter receives the completed copy of the Collection and Reporting (CARe) Form or other record of screening test results from the testing laboratory, the hospital or other submitter must place the screening test results in the newborn's medical record and appropriately retain those results for 25 years from the newborn's date of birth.181 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 2, § 006
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