Hospitals are responsible for completion of the newborn screening kit (completion of demographic field and collection of blood spot specimen). After a baby is born, a trained health care provider at the hospital is responsible for completing the newborn screening kit and sending it to the Newborn Screening Laboratory where blood spot specimens will be tested. It is important that health care providers complete the demographic field of each newborn screening kit correctly and collect quality blood spot specimens to ensure that screening can be performed in a timely manner and that results are accurate. Step-by-step how-to guides on completing kit demographics and quality blood spot specimen collection are available below.