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Genetic counselors have participated in the Michigan Newborn Screening Program on a contractual basis since 1988. Their role includes newborn screening education and training, newborn nursery site visits, and monitoring newborn screening in hospitals. Their impact has been to improve the quality of newborn screening services by reducing errors and increasing completion of data fields on newborn screening cards, improving hospital nursery cooperation and problem solving, and enhancing health department response to specific problems.
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The Council of Regional Networks for Genetics Services (CORN) CORN Data and Evaluation Committee 1990 Newborn Screening Report, Draft No. 1, September 1991.
Illinois Department of Public Health (1988) Genetic Diseases Section Newborn Screening — An Overview of Newborn Screening Programs in the United States and Canada.
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Bach, J., Baker, D., Naber, J. et al. The utilization of genetic counselors within a newborn screening program. J Genet Counsel 1, 259–265 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00961587
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00961587