Ensuring high standards for the delivery of NIPT world-wide: Development of an international external quality assessment scheme.

Zandra C DeansStephanie AllenLucy JenkinsFarrah KhawajaWeronika Gutowska-DingSimon J PattonLyn S ChittyRos J Hastings

Published in: Prenatal diagnosis (2019)

We have successfully delivered an international pilot EQA for NIPT. When compared with currently available manufactured materials, EQA for NIPT was best performed using clinically collected maternal plasma. Work is required to define and improve the standard of reporting.

Keyphrases

birth weight
study protocol
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
pregnant women
emergency department
preterm birth
electronic health record
double blind