Antenatal Down Syndrome Screening in New Zealand 2007
Antenatal Down Syndrome Screening in New Zealand 2007 is the result of work carried out by the Antenatal Down Syndrome Screening Advisory Group.
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About this item
- Issue date:
- 2 April 2007
- Status:
- Current
- Corporate Author:
- National Screening Unit,
- Type:
- Report,
- Topic:
- Antenatal and newborn screening, Maternity, Screening,
- Copyright status:
© Crown Copyright, Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Summary
Antenatal Down Syndrome Screening in New Zealand 2007 was the result of work carried out by the Antenatal Down Syndrome Screening Advisory Group. The report recommended important changes to improve the quality and safety of antenatal screening for Down syndrome in New Zealand.
The Advisory Group recommended that the practice of screening using only maternal age and/or nuchal translucency (NT), without biochemical markers was unsafe, inequitable, and should not continue. The Advisory Group made a number of recommendations for ways to improve the safety and quality of antenatal Down syndrome screening. These recommendations took into consideration the social, ethical, medical and technical implications.