MS/MS Data Project
This laboratory quality improvement initiative strives to improve the analytical quality of newborn screening by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) by:
- achieving universal tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) testing of newborns for a uniform panel of metabolism and congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH);
- improving overall analytical performance;
- setting and sustaining the lowest achievable rates of false-positive results; and
- improving and standardizing confirmatory testing and short-term follow up.
Started as a Region 4 project in 2004, this project continues to expand and currently includes states from all seven genetics regions as well as international participants from other countries.
For those interested in gaining access to the MS/MS Data Project and Laboratory Quality Improvement of NBS by MS/MS Training information, please contact David McHugh at McHugh.David@mayo.edu.
