Information Leaflet

A Parent Information Leaflet on the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme has been publshed and distributed to Maternity Hospitals and Public Health Nurses nationwide. You can read or download this information in a range of languages by clicking on the links below:

• English - pdf of Public Information Leaflet
  Click here for a PRINTER FRIENDLY English Leaflet
• Gaeilge
• Parent Information - Romanian.pdf (size 56.1 KB)
• Parent Information - Polish.pdf (size 90 KB)
• Parent Information - Lithuanian.pdf (size 77 KB)
• Parent Information - French.pdf (size 58.6 KB)
• Parent Information - Chinese.pdf (size 987.5 KB)
• Parent Information - Latvian.pdf (size 59.8 KB)
• Parent Information - Portuguese.pdf (size 59.3 KB)
• Parent Information - Arabic.pdf (size 123.7 KB)
• Parent Information Russian.pdf (size 58.7 KB)

Hard Copies of the English version of the Parent Information Leaflet can be ordered here.

Screening Card and Consent Form

This pdf document shows you what the bloodspot screening card looks like and what information parents have to sign. The actual card is printed on special paper and so this pdf version is not suitable for printing or practical use.

• Sample Screening Card and Consent Form

Information on Cystic Fibrosis

• Healthy Carriers of Cystic Fibrosis
• Leaflet for parents of babies with an increased risk of Cystic Fibrosis
• Leaflet for parents on the Sweat Test for Cystic Fibrosis