This guidance is for healthcare professionals to aid the provision of appropriate and balanced information about the potential benefits, risks and alternative to chorionic villus sampling, with the aim of supporting meaningful discussions tailored to the individual’s needs as part of an informed decision-making and consent process.
This Consent Advice was developed by the RCOG Patient Safety Committee based on available evidence from the RCOG Green-top Guideline No. 8 Amniocentesis and Chorionic Villus Sampling.
Version history
This is the first edition of this guidance.
Please note the Patient Safety Committee regularly assesses the need to update. Further information on this review is available on request.
Developer declaration of interests
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