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Rapid prenatal testing for common aneuploidies

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Analysis and interpretation of aneuploidy and fetal sexing prenatal samples: fixed cell suspensions for interphase FISH and/or DNA for QF-PCR studies.

EQA INFORMATION

EQA Code
RRA
Submission
Clinical Report
Techniques
Fluorescent In Situ Hybridisation (FISH), Quantitative Fluorescent PCR (QF-PCR)
Eligibility
All laboratories worldwide
Language
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
EQA Accreditation
EQA accredited to ISO 17043:2010
EQA open

13 October 2025

Testing period
4 weeks

OTHER INFORMATION

 What are participants required to do?
  • Enrolled participants will receive details by email when an EQA is open for assessment and/or samples have been dispatched.  
  • Participants are expected to access the instructions and information for the cases/samples online and to analyse them according to their laboratory/centre protocols. 
  • Participants must submit their anonymised results by the deadline using their standard laboratory report or a proforma provided by GenQA.  The submitted results are independently assessed for the accuracy of the analytical/genotyping results, clinical interpretation of the results (if appropriate) and clerical accuracy (including report layout and content). 

What can I expect as a participant?
Every participant will receive:
  • An Individual Laboratory/Centre Report (ILR/ICR) with educational advice for each distribution of this EQA.
  • The Summary report for each distribution of this EQA which contains information regarding general findings, a summary of methodologies used, common errors, number of participants and benchmarking. 
  • Access to a live Performance Certificate summarising your performance status for all EQAs in which you are enrolled.

Please note: EQA details may be subject to change prior to EQA distribution.   
 

PRODUCTS

Sample type: Cells: fixed suspension, DNA in TE buffer
Testing/analysis: Detection of common aneuploidies
Conditions/Gene target(s):
  • Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
  • Trisomy 18 (Edward syndrome)
  • Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
  • Triploidy
  • Turner syndrome
  • Klinefelter syndrome
Number of cases: Five

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