Guidance

Cystic fibrosis: national clinical referral standard protocol

All healthcare and laboratory professionals involved in NHS newborn blood spot screening should use this process for cystic fibrosis (CF) referrals.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 February 2015
• Last updated: 26 May 2021 — See all updates

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Newborn blood spot: managing positive results from cystic fibrosis screening

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Follow this cystic fibrosis (CF) protocol for the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.

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Published 1 February 2015
Last updated 26 May 2021 + show all updates

1. 26 May 2021

   Updated links and body text. Content aligned with other publications on the CF newborn blood spot screening programme.

2. 8 September 2017

   Updated version.

3. 1 February 2015

   First published.