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Program: Biliary Atresia Home Screening

Agency: Provincial Health Services Authority


Resource Number: 30255877
Description
Provides program information and resources for parents of newborns to screen for biliary atresia, a rare but serious liver disease that begins to affect newborns in the first month of life. Parents are asked to check their newborn’s stool colour against a colour card every day for the first month after birth. If they see an abnormal stool colour, they are to call or email the Biliary Atresia Home Screening Program directly.


Program Phones:
1-877-583-7842Toll free

Website: www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/our-services/screening-programs/newborn-screening-bc/biliary-atresia-screening
 Email: psbc@phsa.ca

Program Information
 
Mailing Address: 350-555 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3X7
Service Area:
Defined coverage area:
BC -Provincewide

Program Delivery
Languages: See website for stool colour cards available in multiple languages, English
Application Process: After the birth of a baby and before leaving the hospital, parents are given a stool colour card that contains photos of normal and abnormal infant stool colours. Mothers who have a home birth are given the stool colour card by their midwives.
Service Area:
Defined coverage area:
BC -Provincewide


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