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    • Enhanced First Trimester Screening Results
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    • enhanced First Trimester Screening (eFTS) Guide
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For Providers - How to Order

In this section, you will find requisitions, step-by-step information on how to order the prenatal genetic screening, and additional resources.

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enhanced First Trimester Sceening Guide
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Second Trimester Screening Guide
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Screening for Vanishing Twins Guide
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Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Guide

Resources

Education materials

  • prenatal genetic screening fact sheet for pregnant individuals in your care (available only in English at this time)
  • fact sheet on non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for pregnant individuals in your care (available only in English at this time)
  • slide deck - overview of prenatal genetic screening
  • prenatal screening pathway and timeline visuals

Performance of prenatal screenings tests

Data from Ontario pregnancies are collected and analyzed on a regular basis to determine the performance of prenatal genetic screening tests in the province.

Prenatal screening publications 

Key to the work of our program is understanding of how screening is utilized and performs in our population. We have produced a number of publications to widely disseminate our findings. 

Practice guidelines / position statements

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Prenatal Testing Guidelines

Joint SOGC-CCMG Guideline: Update on Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy, Fetal Anomalies and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Committee Opinion No. 406: Prenatal Testing After IVF with Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy

Public Health Agency of Canada - Maternity Guidelines (Loss and Grief)
Chapter 7: Loss and grief - guidance on how to support families through perinatal loss
Canadian Down Syndrome Society
Prenatal Position Statement

Other prenatal resources

  • Genetics Education Canada - Knowledge Organization (GECKO) - Guide to understanding prenatal screening tests
  • OMama - website and app that connects you to trusted, evidence-informed pregnancy, birth, and early parenting information (focusing on resources in Ontario, Canada)
  • PregnancyInfo.ca - an initiative of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), and the content on this website is based on SOGC guidelines 
  • Centre for Effective Practice- Primary care resources for your practice
  • Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors - List of contact and referral information for Canadian genetic clinics
  • Best Start / Health Nexus - Best Start Resource Centre supports service providers who work in preconception health, prenatal health and early child development
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network - provides support to families across Ontario who experienced the loss of a pregnancy or infant. 
  • For Providers-How to Order
    • enhanced First Trimester Screening (eFTS) Guide
    • Second Trimester Screening (STS) Guide
    • Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Guide
    • Screening for Vanishing Twins Guide

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