Prenatal sample workflow

All prenatal testing requires:

20ml Amniotic Fluid or, 20mg of chronic villus, collected in a sterile container.

AND an accompanying Maternal blood sample - DNA extraction for maternal cell contamination (MCC) testing.

A variety of tests are available depending on the clinical indication.

Please refer to the individual test pages for each type of testing.

Diagnostic Genetics Sendaway Testing

Microarray

Molecular testing

Prenatal FISH

Prenatal G-Band karyotype

Rapid aneuploidy screening

To contact the Prenatal teams:

Auckland City Hospital	(09) 307 4949
Lablink	ext 22000
Diagnostic Genetics General Enquiries	ext 22008
Microarray Office	ext 22011
Cytogenetics Office	ext 22012