Last updated 15.10.2026
Presentation
Explore the Department’s activities through its missions, areas of expertise, key indicators, accreditations, and commitment to quality and innovation.
You can view the certificates for our various accreditations on the “Portail de la Qualité” (Quality Portal): LNS accreditation certificates
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 |