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Newborn Screening Announcements
Please see the following announcements regarding the courier schedule change for Independence Day on Friday, July 4, 2025.
- For Lower Peninsula hospitals, STAT courier will be following the Sunday schedule on Friday, July 4, 2025.
- For Upper Peninsula hospitals, UPS will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2025.
- NBS Follow-up Holiday Schedule and main telephone number: 866-673-9939 will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2025.
*Please follow your normal schedule for all days not listed.
MDHHS-6122 Return for Personal Use Form
The MDHHS-6122 Return for Personal Use form is now available in English, Spanish, and Arabic. Parents or individuals may use this form to request blood spots be released for personal use, such as additional clinical testing or to remove blood spots from storage. Please explore the NBS website and BioTrust website or contact the NBS program for more information (newbornscreening@michigan.gov, 866-673-9939).
Upcoming Expiration Date of Cards
Please check your NBS card inventory for first and repeat sample cards that are due to expire in August and use those cards first. The expiration date is the middle right side of the NBS card. Cards with an August 2025 expiration date may be used through August 31, 2025. Specimens collected on an expired card will be unsatisfactory and a repeat collection will be required.

Please see links below for slides for the Newborn Screening Conference held on Wednesday, May 28, 2025:
- BioTrust for Health Program consent process in action
- Blood spot collection
- Blood spot linkage
- Critical Congenital Heart Disease updates: eReports and data linkage
- Doula Initiative
- Hearing screening troubleshooting tips
- Life of a blood spot - Virtual lab tour
- Lysosomal Storage Disorders highlight
- Stellar performer highlight
- Welcome and program updates
Updated 6/13/2025