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

Documents

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

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