TABLE 2.

Neonatal screening follow-up

	Number	Percentage
SCD patients born at Sainte-Justine UHC*	78	100
SCD patients born at Sainte-Justine UHC and identified through the neonatal screening program	72	92.3
Missed SCD patients†	6	7.7
Specimen not sent to the laboratory	2	2.6
Inadequate specimen	1	1.3
False-negative result	3	3.8
Confirmation and follow-up within three months
SCD patients born at Sainte-Justine UHC	67	85.9
SCD patients identified by the screening program	67	93.1

^*Total number includes patients born between January 1988 and June 2003 who were identified through the screening program or through the sickle cell disease (SCD) clinic

^†The authors were unable to evaluate the possibility of a missed neonatal diagnosis in a patient born at the Sainte-Justine University Health Centre (Sainte-Justine UHC) who never had a subsequent visit to the institution