less than 50 ng/mL : Negative- see interpretation
greater than or equal to 50ng/mL; Positive-see interpretation |
Hospital visiting guidelines updated 20 July 2022: Hospital visitors must wear a surgical/medical paper mask. Fabric face coverings are no longer acceptable. See our COVID-19 pages for detailed information about hospital visiting guidelines, COVID-19 tests and care in the community advice. See www.vaccinatecanterburywestcoast.nz for information about vaccinations.
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Last updated:
9th April 2022
Kia whakahaumaru te whānau, me ngā iwi katoa – this is to keep everybody safe:
By sticking to the rules above, you help keep our patients, staff, other visitors and yourself safe. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as our staff work hard to protect and care for some of the most vulnerable in our community.
Exceptions to the ‘one visitor’ policy
Visiting patients with COVID-19
You must NOT visit the hospital if you
Exceptions for people with disabilities
An exception will be made for people with disabilities who are in hospital or have to attend an outpatient appointment – where they need a support person to access health services. For example, a sign language interpreter, support person for someone with a learning disability, or someone to assist with mobility. The support person is in addition to the one permitted visitor.
Everyone visiting our facilities must wear a mask, no exceptions
While we appreciate that some people have legitimate reasons for being exempt from wearing a mask and may even have an official card to confirm this, people who cannot or will not wear a mask cannot visit someone in hospital or attend hospital, other than to access healthcare. This is another measure to minimise the risk to vulnerable patients.
Patients and visitors should also read the additional more detailed visiting guidelines for each specific hospital.
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Core Biochemistry
RFFN
fFN
Foetal Fibronectin
RFFN
2 hours
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Testing at direction of consultant gynaecologist only
Foetal Fibronectin Sample Collection Procedure
Cervicovaginal swab. In transport buffered tube
Refrigerated up to 3 days, otherwise frozen
Comment with every RFFN released:
“Fibronectin result with other data is interpreted using QUiPP smartphone app at https://quipp.org/”
Comment added for results <50ng/mL (&FFNN) "For an appropriately collected specimen, a foetal fibronectin concentration less than 50 ng/mL indicates a >98% probability of not progressing to labour within 7 days. Am J Obstet. Gynaecol 2013: 208″
Comment added for results of 50 ng/mL and greater (&FFNP)
“For an appropriately collected specimen, a foetal fibronectin concentration greater than or equal to 50ng/mL indicates an increasing probability of progressing to labour within 7 days in proportion to the degree of elevation. Am J Obstet. Gynaecol 2013:208”
less than 50 ng/mL : Negative- see interpretation
greater than or equal to 50ng/mL; Positive-see interpretation |
Solid phase immunochromatographic assay using monoclonal anti-fFN antibody and goat anti human fibronectin antibody contained on individual cassettes. Read on Hologic Rapid fFn 10Q analyser.
$327.76 (Exclusive of GST)
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