Table 3.
Immunoassay 2 nd Tier | LCMSMS 2 nd Tier | |
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Start Date | 1 December 2015 | 1 December 2017 |
End Date | 30 November 2017 | 30 November 2019 |
Number of Babies Screened | 117,063 | 116,097 |
Number of Specimens | 118,624 | 117,624 |
Number of second tier tests | 1643 | 1213 |
Number of 2 nd tier results above the screening cut-off | 362 | 113 |
Number of positive screens | 175 | 45 |
Number of true positive screens | 3 | 5 |
Number of false positive screens | 172 | 40 |
False Positive Rate | 0.15% | 0.03% |
Specificity | 99.85% | 99.97% |
Positive predictive Value | 1.71% | 11.11% |