See attached documents for our Testing Menu with ordering restrictions and our current requisitions.
We are actively reviewing and expanding our testing menu to meet the needs of patients in the Maritimes. See the IWK CGL Test Menu - with restrictions and gene content in the document section below for the most up to date information. Requests for testing not on the list is subject to review. Ordering providers will be informed if their test of choice will be performed in-house and will no longer be referred out to an external laboratory.
Diagnostic genetic testing may be restricted ordering provider’s clinical specialty, the patients clinical presentation and the clinical utility of testing. Predictive and familial carrier testing is restricted to the Maritime Medical Genetics Service (MMGS).
For any questions related to genetic testing at the IWK Clinical Genomics Laboratory please consult the lab genetic counsellor (clinicalgenomics.gc@iwk.nshealth.ca) or one of our Laboratory Scientists (clinicalgenomics@iwk.nshealth.ca)
For any test restricted to Maritime Medical Genetics Services (MMGS), please refer your patient to their department or contact them at 902.470.8754.