A minimum dataset for newborn screening

There is often diYculty in applying the results of newborn screening studies conducted in one setting to another, primarily because many publications give insuYcient details of their procedures. This issue has been discussed at meetings in Auckland, Hardelot, and Boston, and the dataset below was approved by the International Society for Neonatal Screening council in 1996. *Dianne Webster, on behalf of the ISNS Quality Assurance Working Group: Jean-Louis Dhondt, Harry Hannon, Shohei Harada, Toni Torresani, and Dianne Webster (chair). Contact: PO Box 872, Auckland, NZ; tel 64 9 6310 705; fax 64 9 6310 706; email diannew@ahsl.co.nz