511 IAC 4-2-3 - Sickle cell anemia testing
Authority: IC 20-19-2-8
Affected: IC 20-34-3-10
Sec. 3.
Sickle Cell Anemia.
(a) The sickle cell anemia testing equipment
shall be of a type generally recognized as suitable to provide accurate test
results by one or more of the test procedures indicated in (c). The equipment
may be of manual or automated design, subjected to whatever periodic preventive
maintenance and quality control measures are necessary to assure satisfactory
operation and accurate test results.
(b) The qualifications of the sickle cell
anemia testing personnel shall indicate sufficient training and experience in
the techniques of the tests employed to assure competency in operation of the
testing equipment and accuracy in the test results obtained.
(c) The sickle cell anemia testing procedures
shall consist of one or more test methods generally recognized as dependable
and accurate for the detection of sickle cell anemia. The test procedures may
be of manual or automated type. The screening tests and/or confirmatory tests
recognized as useful include the sodium metabisulfite method, the solubility or
dithionite-type tests, hemoglobin electrophoresis procedures, and other tests
which detect sickle cell anemia.
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