PPM - Prenatal Genetic Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy-Checklist

Checklist

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This document provides a checklist for healthcare practitioners during patient visits for prenatal genetic screening for fetal aneuploidy. The checklist includes the following points to be documented:<br /><br />1. Method of dating of pregnancy (LMP, IVF transfer, ultrasound) and gestational age.<br />2. Maternal age-related risk for Down syndrome and other aneuploidy.<br />3. Aneuploidy screening options.<br />4. Detection sensitivity and false positive rate of the tests.<br />5. Option of diagnostic/invasive testing.<br />6. Certification of personnel performing nuchal translucency (NT).<br />7. Assessment of serum analytes or prenatal cell-free DNA screening along with NT.<br />8. Offering MSAFP screening and/or anatomic survey for neural tube defect screening to patients choosing first trimester screening alone or cell-free DNA screening.<br />9. Counseling and offering of invasive testing, cell-free DNA screening, fetal anatomic survey, and fetal echocardiogram if a thickened NT is identified.<br />10. Counseling and discussion of prenatal cell-free DNA screening/diagnostic testing options if traditional serum screening result is positive.<br />11. Counseling and offering of diagnostic testing if prenatal cell-free DNA screening result is positive.<br />12. Documentation of results and/or ultrasound findings.<br />13. Documentation of communication of results with the patient.<br /><br />This checklist serves as a guide for practitioners to ensure that specific information is being collected and discussed during the prenatal genetic screening process.

Keywords

prenatal genetic screening

fetal aneuploidy

patient visits

checklist

dating of pregnancy

aneuploidy screening options

diagnostic testing

invasive testing

counseling

ultrasound findings