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Newborn Screening - Resources for Hospitals and Health Professionals
Select your NBS Role Below:
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Hospitals
Guides
- Michigan Newborn Screening Guide for Hospitals Updated Quarterly
- BioTrust Consent Form - Staff Instruction Sheet
Forms
- Michigan Newborn Screening Saves Babies Pamphlet (English) (Arabic) (Spanish)
- Newborn Screening card replacement form
- Newborn Screening card replacement form FAX
- Hospital Contact Update Form
- Hospital Discharge Sheet
- BioTrust Alternate Consent Form (English) (Arabic) (Spanish)
- MDHHS-5683: Requesting Destruction of Residual Dried Blood Spots (English) (Arabic) (Spanish)
- MDHHS-6122: Requesting Return of Residual Dried Blood Spots for Personal Use
Resources
- Avoiding Unsatisfactory Newborn Screening Specimens
- BioTrust Consent Best Practices for Michigan Hospitals
- Completing the Newborn Screening Card
- MDHHS - Critical Congenital Heart Disease website
- MDHHS - Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program website
- MDHHS - BioTrust for Health website
- NBS Bloodspot Collection Guidance
- Putting Babies First - Video - Newborn Screening questions answered by Iowa's state public health laboratory
Trainings
- 2024 Newborn Screening Conference Presentation Slides
- The Newborn Screening Educational Online Tutorial - Three Michigan newborn screening (NBS) courses can be accessed through this link. All NBS trainings offer nursing contact hours ranging from 1.0 to 1.5. Titles of the available trainings are below:
Newborn Screening Newsletters
- NBS News - Fall 2024
- NBS News - Summer 2024
- NBS News - Spring 2024
- NBS News - Winter 2024
- NBS News - Fall 2023
- NBS News - Summer 2023
- NBS News - Spring 2023
- NBS News - Winter 2023
- NBS News - Fall 2022
- NBS News - Summer 2022
- NBS News - Spring 2022
- NBS News - Winter 2022
- NBS News - Fall 2021
- NBS News - Summer 2021
- NBS News - Spring 2021
- NBS News - Winter 2021
- NBS News - Fall 2020
- NBS News - Summer 2020
- NBS News - Spring 2020
- NBS News - Winter 2020
- To access older newborn screening newsletters, email newbornscreening@michigan.gov.
Newborn Screening Dashboard for Hospitals
View the Newborn Screening DashboardThe NBS Dashboard is a convenient way to review hospital blood spot and critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening metrics. The Dashboard is updated quarterly.
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Midwives and Community Birthing ProvidersGuides
- Michigan Newborn Screening Guide for Homebirths Updated Quarterly
- BioTrust Consent Form - Homebirth Instruction Sheet
Forms
- Michigan Newborn Screening Saves Babies Pamphlet (English) (Arabic) (Spanish)
- BioTrust Alternate Consent Form (English) (Arabic) (Spanish)
- MDHHS-5683: Requesting Destruction of Residual Dried Blood Spots (English) (Spanish) (Arabic)
- MDHHS-6122: Requesting Return of Residual Dried Blood Spots for Personal Use
- Patient Access to Laboratory Results
- Provider Access to Laboratory Results
Resources
- Avoiding Unsatisfactory Newborn Screening Specimens
- Completing the Newborn Screening Card
- MDHHS - Critical Congenital Heart Disease website
- MDHHS - Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program website
- MDHHS - BioTrust for Health website
- NBS Bloodspot Collection Guidance
- Putting Babies First - Video - Newborn Screening questions answered by Iowa's state public health laboratory
Trainings
- The Newborn Screening Educational Online Tutorial - Three Michigan newborn screening (NBS) courses can be accessed through this link. All NBS trainings offer nursing contact hours ranging from 1.0 to 1.5. Titles of the available trainings are below:
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Pediatricians and Primary Care Providers
Forms
- Michigan Newborn Screening Saves Babies Pamphlet (English) (Arabic) (Spanish)
- MDHHS-5683: Requesting Destruction of Residual Dried Blood Spots (English) (Spanish) (Arabic)
- MDHHS-6122: Requesting Return of Residual Dried Blood Spots for Personal Use
- Patient Access to Laboratory Results
- Provider Access to Laboratory Results
Resources
- MDHHS - Critical Congenital Heart Disease website
- MDHHS - Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program website
- MDHHS - BioTrust for Health website
- Putting Babies First - Video - Newborn Screening questions answered by Iowa's state public health laboratory
- Newborn Screening Highlight for Primary Care Providers
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Prenatal Education Resources
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Newborn Screening CouriersEducational video on the role of couriers in the newborn screening system
Educational Video for NBS Couriers
View this video to learn more about the newborn screening system and your important role as a courier. -
Newborn Screening Annual Reports
Newborn Screening Annual Reports
- NBS 2022 Report
- NBS 2021 Report
- NBS 2020 Report
- NBS 2019 Report
- NBS 2018 Report
- NBS 2017 Report
- NBS 2016 Report
- NBS 2015 Report
- To access older newborn screening annual reports, email newbornscreening@michigan.gov.