511 IAC 4-2-3 Sickle cell anemia testing

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.