Testing is performed at the Bureau of Laboratories in Jacksonville. The laboratory screens over 1,000 specimens per day. This process begins with specimen collection. Once a satisfactory specimen is collected, there must be no delay in sending the specimen to the laboratory to insure the integrity of the specimen.

The metabolic screening results medical professionals receive are only the first part of the identification of affected individuals. If the results are normal, the state mandated screen has been performed and any further testing on the patient is done by an outside agency. If your patient is abnormal or meets certain criteria in the borderline range, a repeat test is run and in some instances another analyte is checked within the Jacksonville facility. Further confirmatory testing and diagnosis is performed by an outside agency.

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