record information on samples are not identified as ancestry of biological antenatal in the laboratory mother and father or not samples arrive without an FOQ known samples are but do not collect data for KPIs ST3 arrive in the laboratory completion of FOQ checks are in place but these are not timely we have evidence of an unexpected affected birth following failure to elicit correct partner/baby’s biological father when completing FOQ avoidable expense and anxiety from partner recall Trust response: this row is for you to enter results or summarise whether you have these checks in place. If not, you can use this space to identify gaps and develop an action plan Why How When In addition to failsafe What These are the reasons we are This is how you might This is how we recommend This is what we recommending this do this you undertake the action/check recommend you do To accurately identify women and Investigate incidents Contemporaneously Submit data on Laboratory tests samples as per national couples with genotypes specified as identified by newborn standard 4: antenatal guidelines and reports requiring further investigation screening programme test turnaround times results as per national e.g. unexpected to NHS SCT national format; have systems in We have evidence of: affected baby programme false negative and false positive place to comply with the annually cases when the national programme laboratory Participate in UK screening algorithm is not handbook national external followed quality assessment misinterpretation of screening results when national reporting service haematology format is not used
record information on ancestry of biological mother and father or not known collect data for KPIs ST3 completion of FOQ samples are not identified as antenatal in the laboratory samples arrive without an FOQ samples are but do not arrive in the laboratory checks are in place but these are not timely we have evidence of an unexpected affected birth following failure to elicit correct partner/baby’s biological father when completing FOQ avoidable expense and anxiety from partner recall Trust response: this row is for you to enter results or summarise whether you have these checks in place. If not, you can use this space to identify gaps and develop an action plan What This is what we recommend you do Why These are the reasons we are recommending this How This is how you might do this When This is how we recommend you undertake the action/check In addition to failsafe Laboratory tests samples as per national guidelines and reports results as per national format; have systems in place to comply with the programme laboratory handbook To accurately identify women and couples with genotypes specified as requiring further investigation We have evidence of: false negative and false positive cases when the national screening algorithm is not followed misinterpretation of screening results when national reporting format is not used Investigate incidents identified by newborn screening programme e.g. unexpected affected baby Participate in UK national external quality assessment service haematology Contemporaneously Submit data on standard 4: antenatal test turnaround times to NHS SCT national programme annually
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