Guidance

Antenatal and newborn screening: laboratory quality assurance

Requirements for the quality assurance of laboratories providing antenatal and newborn screening services by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 27 July 2018

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Introduction

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Fetal anomaly screening: laboratory QA evidence requirements

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Infectious diseases in pregnancy screening: laboratory QA evidence requirements

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Newborn blood spot screening: laboratory QA evidence requirements

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SCT laboratory quality assurance evidence requirements

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Details

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) quality assures laboratories providing services to the:

• NHS fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP)
• NHS infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) programme
• NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme
• NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme

This guidance explains the UKAS requirements and the evidence they will assess.

Published 27 July 2018