MTLB: Definition of Terms

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follow up

monitoring of newborn

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health institutions

hospitals, health infirmaries, health centers whether public or private

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healthcare practitioner

physician nurses, midwives, nursing aides, traditional birth attendants

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heritable condition

any condition that can result in mental retardation

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NIH

national institute of health

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newborn

child up to 30 days

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newborn screening

newborn collecting few drops

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newborn screening center

facility equipped with a newborn screening laboratory

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parent education

various means of providing parents with information newborn screening

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recall

procedure for locating a newborn with a possible heritable condition

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treatment

provision of promt, appropriate, adequate medicine