Specimen requirements
- What are the different types of test failures for NIPS (non-invasive prenatal screening)?
- What are possible explanations for deletion/duplication (CNV) analysis sample failures?
- What are the specimen requirements?
- Does Invitae provide specimen collection kits?
- What paperwork is required with each specimen?
- Does Invitae accept DNA extracted in other laboratories?
- Can you arrange a blood draw for my patient?
- Do you accept post-mortem specimens?
- Do you accept fetal specimens?
- What is the difference between saliva and assisted saliva?
- Are there any special instructions for saliva specimens?
- Are there any special instructions for buccal swab specimens?
- Are there any special instructions for assisted saliva specimens?
- What is the minimum age requirement for a child to use the saliva kits?
- How long does Invitae retain a specimen?
- My patient has a hematologic malignancy. What are the limitations with testing?
- My patient just had an MRI/CT with contrast, should we wait to draw their blood?
- How many days after a blood transfusion can you draw a patient’s blood?
- What does a low fetal fraction failure mean?
- What does an elevated cell free DNA failure mean?
- What does a “specimen does not meet quality metrics” failure mean?
- What does a Multiple Copy Number Variants test failure mean?
- What does it mean if there is a microdeletion failure on NIPS?