prenatal screening program
Order Supplies Online
To order PNS Program supplies, use these links:
All successfully received orders will receive a confirmation email when a valid email address is provided.
Education Resources
Patient and provider education resources for the revised and current PNS Program can be downloaded from the following web pages:
Patient Materials
Education Resources - For Patients
Genetic Support Foundation Videos
Prenatal Screening Patient Booklet - English (PDF, 12 pages, 1.3MB)
- Armenian (PDF)
- Chinese, Simplified (PDF, 24.4MB)
- Farsi (PDF)
- Russian (PDF)
- Korean (PDF)
- Spanish (PDF)
- Tagalog (PDF)
- Vietnamese (PDF)
- Hmong (PDF)
Prenatal Screening Patient Booklet X and Y Insert - English (PDF, 2 pages)
Patient Booklet Summaries - These summaries should be used in addition to the patient booklets, not instead of them. It is important that each patient receive the patient booklet. The patient booklet includes a full description of the program and its components, what consent means, and mandated legal notices.
- X and Y Chromosome Variations Versions
Prenatal Screening Patient Glossary - English (PDF, 2 pages)
Prenatal Screening Patient Booklet (use “select language” button in top right of web page to view in additional languages)
Prenatal Screening Patient Video (English, MP4, 3.29 min)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Information Survey
- QR code for Patient Video in English (save and share with patients to use with a QR Code Reader)

- QR code for Patient Video in Spanish (save and share with patients to use with a QR Code Reader)

- QR code for Patient Video in Chinese (save and share with patients to use with a QR Code Reader)

To download, distribute, or share a PNS Program patient video file, please follow a link to the vimeo site and download each video separately.
For Providers
PNS Program
The PNS Program changed on September 19, 2022, to add cfDNA Screening as a primary screening test. Please see the following web pages for more information.
Summary of Prenatal Screening Program Changes (PDF, 2 pages)
Program Materials
The following materials apply to the revised PNS Program, which launched on September 19, 2022.
cfDNA Laboratory Instructions and FAQs
Natera
Quest
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cfDNA Laboratory Instructions: Quest Diagnostics (PDF)
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cfDNA Laboratory Additional Information: Quest Diagnostics (PDF)
Revvity
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cfDNA Laboratory Instructions: Revvity (PDF)
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cfDNA Laboratory Additional Information: Revvity (PDF)
Forms
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Sample Back-up Patient Order Form: cfDNA (English, PDF)
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Sample Back-up Patient Order Form: MSAFP (English, PDF)
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Sample Patient Decline Form: cfDNA (English, PDF)
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Sample Patient Decline Form: MSAFP (English, PDF)
Provider Handbook
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Provider Handbook (PDF)
- Provider Handbook Addendum for Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies
- Provider Handbook Appendices:
- Appendix A: Chromosomal or Structural Anomalies Detected (PDF)
- Appendix B: Prevention of Neural Tube Defects (PDF)
- Appendix C: Ultrasound Dating and Down Syndrome Screening (PDF)
- Appendix D: Mid-trimester Risk for Chromosome Abnormalities by Maternal Age at Term (PDF)
- Appendix E: cfDNA Order Patient & Blood Draw Instructions (PDF)
- Appendix F: MSAFP Order Patient & Blood Draw Instructions (PDF)
- Appendix G: cfDNA Back-up Consent & Order Form (PDF)
- Appendix H: MSAFP Back-up Consent & Order Form (PDF)
- Appendix I: cfDNA Patient Decline Form (PDF)
- Appendix J: MSAFP Patient Decline Form (PDF)
- Appendix K: Consent & cfDNA Order Confirmation Sample (PDF)
- Appendix L: Consent & MSAFP Order Confirmation Sample (PDF)

