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State/NBS Program Sort descending	DBS Retention Time	DBS Storage Conditions
Alabama	3 months	2-8 degrees Celsius
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.
American Samoa
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
Arkansas	1 year	-20°C with dessicant
California	Indefinitely	-20°C with dessicant
Colorado	6 months	Stored at 2-8 C for 6 months.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Connecticut	3 years (2+current)	Minus 80 freezer
Delaware	90 days Samples destroyed by laboratory after completion of testing	-20°C with dessicant in sealed bags
District of Columbia	1 year	Room Temperature
Florida	6 months	Ambient temperature
Georgia	4 months for normal specimens and one year for abnormal specimens	4 °C
Guam	one year
Hawaii	1 year	Room Temperature
Idaho	18 Months per Idaho Administrative Rule	Room Temperature
Illinois	2-6 months	A) Refrigerator; B) Abnormal (positives) moved to freezer after 1 month.
Indiana	6 months or 3 years	room temperature or cooler
Iowa	5 years	1 year at -80 °C then an additional 4 years at room temperature
Kansas	30 days from specimen receipt (confirmed cases are de-identified and stored indefinitely)	-10°C or colder
Kentucky	2 months	Frozen (-20 degrees Celsius)
Louisiana	1 month	Refridgerated
Maine	Indefinitely	-20 (Freezer)
Maryland	25 years	4C (Refrigerated)
Massachusetts	15 years	-20 (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.
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
Mississippi	1 year
Missouri	5 years (unless a parent opts out of storage)	-20 °C to -30 °C with dessicant
Montana	1 year	-20 (Freezer)
Nebraska	3 months	Refrigerated
Nevada	6 months-1 year	Room Temperature
New Hampshire	6 months	-20 (Freezer)
New Jersey	2 years as of Nov 1, 2024	Room Temperature / Not Air Conditioned
New Mexico	1 year	Room air
New York	Up to 27 years	Refrigerated
North Carolina	5 years	Room temperature
North Dakota	Age 18	Stored in secure temperature controlled room
Ohio	2 years	-20 °F
Oklahoma	up to 42 days	Refrigerated
Oregon	1.5 years (18 months)	Room Temperature
Pennsylvania	1 year	-20 °C
Puerto Rico	2 years	4 degrees celsius
Rhode Island	23 years
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
South Dakota	1 month	Room Temperature
Tennessee	1 year, confirmed positives indefinitely	2-8 °C for those reported as normal; -20 °C for confirmed postives
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
US Virgin Islands
Utah	Minimum 90 days	Room Temperature for 7 days, then -20 °C
Vermont	One year unless parent requests otherwise	-20 °C
Virginia	Normal samples: stored for 6 months, Abnormals: stored for 10 years	ambient temperature
Washington	21 years	Room temperature
West Virginia	3 months	room temperature
Wisconsin	1 year	4-8 °C
Wyoming	6 months	Room Temperature

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