Heelstick
What is a heelstick?
Before every baby goes home from the nursery, he or she has a small amount of blood taken from their heel. This is called a heelstick. The blood from the heelstick is used to test for a specific group of conditions. If anything concerning is found, the Newborn Screening Laboratory contacts the baby’s doctor.
For more information on a specific condition in the heelstick, choose a condition from the list below.
- Amino acid disorders (includes urea cycle disorders)
- Biotinidase deficiency
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
- Fatty acid oxidation disorders
- Galactosemia
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Homocystinuria
- Hypothyroidism
- Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)
- Organic acidemias
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
For a complete list of the 45 conditions included in Indiana’s newborn screen, please click here.
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