Neonatal blood collection (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Neonatal blood collection

Caption

A healthcare worker collects a few drops of blood from a pinprick to a newborn’s heel for use in a test to screen the baby for an inherited disorder. The newborn screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) uses blood collected the same way.

Credit

U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Eric T. Sheler - USAF Photographic Archives

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Public Domain

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