Prenatal Screening Clause Samples
The Prenatal Screening clause outlines the procedures and responsibilities related to medical tests conducted during pregnancy to assess the health of the fetus. It typically specifies which screenings are required or recommended, who is responsible for arranging and paying for them, and how the results will be communicated to the relevant parties. This clause ensures that all parties are aware of and agree to the process for prenatal testing, helping to prevent misunderstandings and clarify expectations regarding fetal health assessments.
Prenatal Screening. All pregnant members shall be screened for preeclampsia, D (Rh) Incompatibility, Down syndrome, neural tube defects, and hemoglobinopathies, vaginal and rectal Group B Streptococcal infection, and counsel and offer testing for HIV.
Prenatal Screening. The possibilities for the pregnant woman to seek advice about possible handicaps and diseases in the child before the delivery have increased considerably. The most well- known and used tests are prenatal screening for Down syndrome and the prenatal screening for physical defects (the anomaly scan). Both are part of the national programme for prenatal screening. Midwives, gynaecologists and general practitioners 107 Herderschee 2011; ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2011; Verweij et al. 2012; ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ et al. 2011, p. 657-663. draw the attention of all pregnant women in respectively the first and second trimester of the pregnancy to the possibility of these forms of screening. Prenatal screening in the Netherlands is seen as providing good care as part of the general provision of information to the pregnant woman.108 The aim of these screenings is to inform the pregnant woman concerning possible anomalies in the unborn child, also with a view to making a decision about continuing or terminating the pregnancy. The combined risk assessment test is used for prenatal screening for Down syndrome in week 9-14 of the pregnancy. It is possibly preceded by a family history and an ultrasound (in week 9-12). This non-invasive test consists of a blood test of the pregnant 3 woman and measurement of the skin fold in the foetus neck. This is conducted with an ultrasound scan. The risk of having a child with Down syndrome can be calculated with the results of these tests, in combination with the age of the pregnant woman and the length of the pregnancy.109 The percentage of the pregnant women that take part in this form of screening is 25-30%. In prenatal screening for physical anomalies in the form of a structural ultrasound scan (US), better known as the 20-week scan,110 the structure and development of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of the foetus is checked, plus the size of the unborn child and whether there is sufficient amniotic fluid. The participation percentage in this examination is approximately 80%. The structural US is included in the basic health insurance package of the Health Insurance Act (Article 10)112 and is reimbursed to all pregnant women. However, to participate in prenatal screening for Down syndrome there is a financial threshold. Women younger than 36 years do not get this screening reimbursed via their health insurance, as opposed to the pregnant woman of 36 years and older, (Article 2.4 (1a) Decree Health Care).113 This is different when from the (family)history of the pregnant woma...