[markman46]

Is the PKU test not done at birth along with the usual cbc, blood type urine?

[stanne]

“Is the PKU test not done at birth along with the usual cbc, blood type urine?”

oh psshhaaa!

Then there’s that

She was in there 48 hours.

Yes PKU is done within an hour. It’s a prick to the heel.

[Mom MD]

It’s done at birth along with other screenings. I don’t think it’s done at 48 hours but I certainly could be wrong.

[stanne]

A PKU test is done by a CNA within an hour of birth. It’s like a finger stick glucose test it’s a swipe of peripheral blood onto a test strip

Anyone that wants to pretend Candace Iwens and her prestigious husband were raging about a PKU test might want to check their thinking.