Last updated 15.09.2026
Presentation
Explore the Department’s activities through its missions, areas of expertise, key indicators, accreditations, and commitment to quality and innovation.
Our missions
We are a team dedicated to public health in Luxembourg, committed to providing cutting-edge specialized analyses and ensuring newborn screening for every newborn.
Our missions are to:
- Provide cutting-edge specialized analyses unique in Luxembourg in order to reduce turnaround times and improve patient care.
- Newborn screening for all newborns in Luxembourg. This public health program currently screens for 7 diseases using dried whole blood spots.
Key figures in 2025
- newborns screened in 2025
- 7 599
- medical biology analyses performed
- 135 057
- cases registered by Central Reception
- 77 567
Source: Extract from the LNS 2025 Annual Report
Accreditations
Services |
Certificate |
Repository |
|---|---|---|
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Pharmacology and Endocrinology Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism Centralized Reception Service |
1/040 | ISO 15189:2022 |