DBS Retention Report

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State/NBS Program DBS Retention Time DBS Storage Conditions
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
American Samoa
US Virgin Islands
Louisiana 1 month Refridgerated
South Dakota 1 month Room Temperature
Arkansas 1 year -20°C with dessicant
District of Columbia 1 year Room Temperature
Hawaii 1 year Room Temperature
Mississippi 1 year
Montana 1 year -20 (Freezer)
New Mexico 1 year Room air
Pennsylvania 1 year -20 °C
Wisconsin 1 year 4-8 °C
Tennessee 1 year, confirmed positives indefinitely 2-8 °C for those reported as normal; -20 °C for confirmed postives
Oregon 1.5 years (18 months) Room Temperature
Massachusetts 15 years -20 (Freezer)
Idaho 18 Months per Idaho Administrative Rule Room Temperature
Kentucky 2 months Frozen (-20 degrees Celsius)
Ohio 2 years -20 °F
Puerto Rico 2 years 4 degrees celsius
New Jersey 2 years as of Nov 1, 2024 Room Temperature / Not Air Conditioned
Illinois 2-6 months A) Refrigerator; B) Abnormal (positives) moved to freezer after 1 month.
Washington 21 years Room temperature
Rhode Island 23 years
Maryland 25 years 4C (Refrigerated)
Alabama 3 months 2-8 degrees Celsius
Nebraska 3 months Refrigerated
West Virginia 3 months room temperature
Arizona 3 months - specimens of interest or positive may be kept without demographic information for QA/QC and training purposes Room Temperature. Abnormal and true positive samples are kept in freezer with desiccant pack
Alaska 3 years Testing lab stores securely for 1 month at room temp then returned to AK for remaining time, securely, at room temp then destroyed.
Connecticut 3 years (2+current) Minus 80 freezer
Kansas 30 days from specimen receipt (confirmed cases are de-identified and stored indefinitely) -10°C or colder
Georgia 4 months for normal specimens and one year for abnormal specimens 4 °C
North Carolina 5 years Room temperature
Iowa 5 years 1 year at -80 °C then an additional 4 years at room temperature
Missouri 5 years (unless a parent opts out of storage) -20 °C to -30 °C with dessicant
Colorado 6 months Stored at 2-8 C for 6 months.
Florida 6 months Ambient temperature
New Hampshire 6 months -20 (Freezer)
Wyoming 6 months Room Temperature
Indiana 6 months or 3 years room temperature or cooler
Nevada 6 months-1 year Room Temperature
Delaware 90 days Samples destroyed by laboratory after completion of testing -20°C with dessicant in sealed bags
North Dakota Age 18 Stored in secure temperature controlled room
Texas By default, up to two years. With valid parental decision form indicating OK, up to 25 years. Room temperature; Diagnosed cases and some presumptive positives stored at –15 to –25º
California Indefinitely -20°C with dessicant
Maine Indefinitely -20 (Freezer)
Utah Minimum 90 days Room Temperature for 7 days, then -20 °C
Virginia Normal samples: stored for 6 months, Abnormals: stored for 10 years ambient temperature
Vermont One year unless parent requests otherwise -20 °C
South Carolina Specimens are stored for approximately 12 months. After that time they are destroyed in a scientifically acceptable manner. Specimens from infants diagnosed with a condition identified through screening may be stored for a longer period of time Stored specimens are kept in a -20 degree C freezer
Michigan Up to 100 years Room temperature until December 2008. January 2009 thru September 2010 stored at -20C within 90 days. After October 2010 stored at -20C within 14 days of testing.
New York Up to 27 years Refrigerated
Minnesota o State statute allows indefinite storage of dried blood spots specimens. Current practice is to store dried blood spots for 5-6 years. -20C (frozen) with dessicant
Guam one year
Oklahoma up to 42 days Refrigerated