Prenatal Screening Ontario

26/03/2025

PSO is hiring! Check out the posting for a remote 0.8FTE Genetic Counsellor today.

Compensation Pay Range: $45.73-$57.11 Job Description: Please Note: If you are a current CHEO employee with access to Workday, please apply to this posting via the Workday application as an internal applicant using the Jobs Hub. To successfully apply for this position, please submit your application...

23/07/2024

Are you pregnant or have been pregnant in the past 5 years, received care in Ontario and:
- have a RhD-negative blood type and were offered RhoGAM/WinRho injection and/or
- tested positive for antibodies that needed extra monitoring?

If so, you can help with the roll-out of new tests in for those in similar situations. These tests will check the pregnant person's blood to find out the baby’s blood type, helping doctors know when extra care is needed.

Learn more and apply today: https://www.bornontario.ca/en/pso/join-our-fetal-blood-group-genotyping-working-groups.aspx

11/07/2024

Important reminder!

We offer a comprehensive prenatal genetic screening pamphlet in 15 different languages to help you navigate your screening options and understand the results.

We want you to have access to this important information in a language you're comfortable with. Our pamphlet is currently available in: English, French, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Cree, Farsi, Italian, Inuktitut, Ojibway, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, and Urdu.

Visit our website to download your copy today to make informed decisions about prenatal genetic screening:
https://www.prenatalscreeningontario.ca/en/pso/for-providers-how-to-order/practitioner-resources.aspx



The Arabic Forum for Ottawa Public Health

30/04/2024

Exciting Opportunity Alert! Are you a dedicated Family Medicine Physician passionate about antenatal care?

Join Prenatal Screening Ontario (PSO) in shaping the future of in Ontario as we expand our program and implement new screening options! Here's your chance to make a difference and contribute to better health outcomes for pregnant individuals and their babies.

To apply and for more information: bit.ly/3xSdHus.

03/02/2023

PRENATAL CARE PROVIDERS:
Do you have 45 minutes? Share some of your experiences with caring for pregnant individuals in Ontario and help inform future innovations!

SIGN UP:
https://redcap.link/prenatalcarepractices

01/09/2022

Looking at the s*x chromosomes through can tell you more than just the s*x of the baby. Learn about the option of screening for s*x chromosome variations, and what the results can mean, so you can make an informed choice.

“The scariest part is here is this diagnosis based on a test that we didn’t really understand.”

Prenatal genetic tests can detect s*x chromosome aberrations, but what happens after—for families and children—is anything but clear.

13/04/2022

Are you in Ontario and do you have questions about Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)? We have just published a leaflet on , covering key points about this : https://bit.ly/3vfkfhU

More information on can be found on our website: https://bit.ly/379IupT

30/03/2022

Are you a health-care professional involved in the care of pregnant individuals?

We are making some improvements to the Prenatal Screening Ontario website, and we are hoping you can help test how the content is structured: https://wlyi65ir.optimalworkshop.com/treejack/pso-p.

The test is anonymous, easy, and only takes 5 minutes. There are no right or wrong answers – we want to see how you would navigate the new website. It will help us understand if the content is easy to navigate... or not!

24/03/2022

DO YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES?

ARE YOU (OR YOUR PARTNER) CURRENTLY PREGNANT, PLANNING A PREGNANCY, OR WERE RECENTLY PREGNANT?

LINK TO STUDY: https://wlyi65ir.optimalworkshop.com/treejack/pso

Please help us test the content on the new Prenatal Screening Ontario website. The website helps pregnant individuals make informed choices about prenatal genetic screening tests.

The test is anonymous & easy. No right or wrong answer – we want to see how you would navigate the website. It will help us understand if our content is easy to navigate... or not!

~Please share the link and spread the word~

Champlain Maternal Newborn Regional Program - CMNRP
CHEO

18/02/2022

“We identified that there was no difference in population-level rates of preterm birth and stillbirth during pandemic period when compared to pre-pandemic period,” says Dr. Prakesh Shah, Paediatrician-in-Chief at Sinai Health.

Researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital continue to study the pandemic’s impact on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes.

Read the latest findings:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35088409/

21/12/2021

20/12/2021

Exciting news! Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) is now OHIP-funded for all twin pregnancies. If you are pregnant with twins, you are now eligible for OHIP-funded NIPT regardless of your age, how far along you are in the pregnancy, or whether you have had another prenatal screening test.

If you wish to learn about NIPT, please speak to your provider or contact Prenatal Screening Ontario toll free at 1-833-351-6490 or PSO@BORNOntario.ca. More information is available on our website: www.prenatalscreeningontario.ca.