The Analytes/Measurements View lists the analytes (chemical entities) and the hearing measurements that serve as markers for newborn screening conditions. This view includes the analytes you selected on a previous screen, a short name, and a Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) Number that may be used in electronic laboratory reports. Click on an analyte name to view related conditions, or to see answer lists for measurements with categorical values. For measurements with numeric values, the view also includes the units of measurement.
The above view reflects the criteria you selected on the previous screen.
The view includes derived measures.
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Analyte Name — the chemical whose concentration is being measured by the Dried Blood Spot testing, or the newborn hearing screening method.
Analyte Short Name — an abbreviation for the analyte.
LOINC Number — the unique and permanent code assigned by the Logical Observation
Identifiers Names and Codes
(LOINC®) Committee to identify the test measurement.
LOINC codes are unique for different test methods and different units of reporting to enable
interoperability and comparison of results from different labs. LOINC is a U.S. government standard for
electronic health information exchange of laboratory tests and other measurements in Interoperability
Specifications produced by the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP).
Units — what is being counted or measured, using the Unified Code for
Units of Measure (UCUM). Ratios whose units fully cancel each other are indicated
by {Ratio}. UCUM is the US standard for reporting units in laboratory messages. Results that are not
quantitative have either a link to the specific LOINC answer list for that analyte or appropriate text (such
as "Pos or Neg" or "Specific alleles").