What does DBS stand for?

Dried Blood Spot (blood testing)

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Jennifer Puck, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco and an expert in the field, nominated SCID for consideration by the Committee after pioneering development of a test that can detect SCID in the dried blood spot filter cards that are currently collected from all babies to screen for a variety of inborn disorders.

Immune Deficiency Foundation Praises ACHDNC Recommendation for SCID ...

Genetic information was extracted from archived dried blood spots used for routine screening tests when the children were born.

Critical confluence: gene variants, insecticide exposure may increase ...

They compared viral load measurements by using the current standard of frozen plasma and the alternative method of dried blood spots (DBS).

Novel HIV testing method shows promise

Allan Jamieson, of the Forensic Institute in Edinburgh, said it would beimpossible to tell the concentration of a drug from a dried blood spot.

Madeleine cried for 18 hours a day; Kate McCann leaving home ...

1) Local work has also revealed that the collection method of choice for clinical sites is the dried blood spot (DBS), which facilitates easy collection by relatively unskilled staff and reduces transport difficulties.

Assessing the risk of contamination between samples during their ...

The VARIANTnbs, a fully automated, HPLC-based system for comprehensive newborn screening of hemoglobins S, F, A, E, C, and D--as well as for detection of other abnormal hemoglobin variants--is designed specifically for samples collected as dried blood spots.

Walkaway screening

This approved system uses a simple finger prick process for home blood collection which results in dried blood spots on special paper.

Testing Yourself for HIV-1, the Virus that Causes AIDS

Samples are collected on dried blood spot cards which allow for easy transport and reliable reporting.

PerkinElmer NTD Laboratories Joins Aetna's Network