The Importance Of A CLIA-Certified Laboratory
Expectant parents want and deserve nothing but the best for their growing family. And the best can now start with high-quality prenatal care early in your pregnancy. CLIA-certified laboratories play a small but significant role in ensuring the utmost reliability and accuracy when it comes to prenatal screening tests.
Join us as we explore how CLIA-certified labs uphold stringent quality and regulatory standards, providing reliable and precise results that you can rely on. Together, let's learn more about why using the right lab is a crucial step toward ensuring the high-quality information you need to start your pregnancy journey off with the very best.
What does CLIA-certified mean?
CLIA is an acronym for the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, which sets the guidelines that regulate laboratory testing in the United States. Administered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), often in partnership with local health departments, a CLIA certification indicates that a lab meets all federal and state quality and regulatory standards.
These stringent regulations establish quality control requirements for all clinical laboratories, ensuring testing procedures' accuracy, reliability, and overall performance.
The significance of CLIA-certified labs in prenatal testing
When it comes to blood work or medical screening tests, the stakes are higher than a simple or routine checkup. You’re seeking out information, and you want to feel confident in the answers you receive. CLIA-certified labs are especially pivotal in processing prenatal test samples, providing expectant parents with accurate and reliable results. CLIA-certified labs can specialize in various diagnostic testing, including prenatal screening.
These labs adhere to rigorous quality control measures and undergo regular inspections to maintain their certification. They follow standardized protocols and implement stringent quality control measures, minimizing margins of errors or false positives/negatives. And the professionals working in these specialized labs possess extensive knowledge and experience in handling prenatal samples, ensuring the highest level of expertise and accuracy in their analysis.
Providing peace of mind for expectant parents
Selecting a CLIA-Certified lab offers much-needed peace of mind to expectant parents. Knowing that your test samples are processed in a reputable lab that meets the highest quality standards can alleviate anxiety and allow you to focus on your growing family and pregnancy journey.
We understand the importance of accurate and reliable prenatal test results. While some prenatal companies may process samples from patients through third-party laboratories, at Juno, we ensure that every sample received is processed through our onsite CLIA-certified lab. Whether choosing to discover the gender of your baby with the Birch™ test or hoping to learn more about your pregnancy with a Hazel™ genetic screening test, trust that your sample will be handled with the utmost care to deliver the results you need.
Remember, your pregnancy journey is unique, and we want to empower you with the knowledge and information you need earlier than traditional means. Choosing a CLIA-certified lab is a crucial first step in ensuring accuracy and reliability for the best prenatal test results.
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