Newborn Screening is a public health program required by Michigan law to find babies with rare but serious disorders that require early treatment.  All babies need to be tested in order to find the small number who look healthy but have a rare medical condition.  Babies with these conditions seem healthy at birth but can become very sick in a short time.  Each year more than 200 Michigan babies - one in every 500 to 600 births- are found to have a disorder detected by newborn screening. 

A ten minute video about Michigan Newborn Screening and the BioTrust for Health can be viewed here  online. Copies are available in DVD format for health care providers and educators, by calling 866-673-9939. 

MDCH Newborn Screening Program will present six NBS Nurse Coordinator Trainings this year across the State of Michigan.  The NBS trainings will include updates and special presentations on new NBS disorders and programs.  Training will be from 9:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.  All NBS Nurse Coordinators, Birth Educators and others involved in NBS are encouraged to attend and register early.

Training dates and locations are as follows:
March 29, 2012          Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
May 4, 2012               University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
August 7, 2012           Marquette General Hospital - (video conference available in U.P.)
September 11, 2012    Covenant Hospital, Saginaw, MI
September 18, 2012    Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
October 11, 2012        Wm. Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

Please click here to register.  Further information and directions will be provided following your registration.  If you have any questions please contact Carole Flevaris at (517) 335-8959 or Valerie Ewald at (517) 335-8887