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Q -- NEWBORN SCREENING TESTS POC Colonel Chris Miller WEB: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)/Clinical Services, http://www.abc.gov. E-MAIL: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Afffairs)/Clinical Services, cmiller@ha.osd.mil. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)/Clinical Services, Quality Management Division seeks detailed information about companies that perform newborn screening tests. Newborns are typically screened for several diseases which result from inborn genetic errors. The diseases screened for are mandated by each state but there is no uniformity among the states. At a minimum states screen for hypothyroidism and phenlyketonuria (PKU). At a maximum they screen for these two plus sickle cell disease, maple syrup disease, galactosemia, adrenal cortical hypoplasia, and biotinidase. Written descriptions of the screening programs should address: costs, education, training, collection of specimens, results storage and reporting, consultation, and follow up. This is not a request for proposal, nor does the Government intend to pay for the information provided. "Participation in providing information, comments, and/or suggestions is totally voluntary and will be uncompensated. All information and data submitted to the Government in response to this announcement will be considered nonproprietary and will not be treated by the Government as confidential information. This synopsis is issued for informational purposes only." Written responses should be submitted no later than 60 days from publication of this notice to Colonel Chris Miller, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)/Clinical Services, Quality Management Division, Rm. 3D376, Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1200. (0107)

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