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Ultraschall Med 2022; 43(02): 115-119
DOI: 10.1055/a-1745-6879
Editorial

The Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) Germany after 20 Years – Quality Assurance of Ultrasound Examinations during First Trimester Screening

20 Jahre Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) Deutschland – Ein Beitrag zur Qualitätssicherung der Ultraschalluntersuchung beim Ersttrimester-Screening
E. Merz
1   Centre for ultrasound and prenatal medicine, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
,
Ch. Thode
2   amedes MVZ für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Göttingen, Germany
,
B. J. Hackelöer
3   Amedes experts Barkhof, Germany
,
B. Eiben
4   Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Klinische Genetik, Essen, Germany
,
R. Faber
5   Centre for prenatal medicine, Leipzig, Germany
,
S. Tercanli
6   Ultraschall Freie Strasse Basel, Switzerland
,
E. Huda
7   FMF Audit Centre Germany, Adelebsen, Germany
,
S. Wellek
8   Department of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics of the University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
9   Department of Biostatistics, CIMH Mannheim, Mannheim Medical School of the University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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The establishment of FMF Germany on March 1, 2002 laid the foundation for nationwide quality assurance of ultrasound examinations for first trimester screening. This was preceded by four meetings in Frankfurt with participants from the fields of prenatal diagnostics, laboratory medicine, human genetics and medical software development, in order to plan the possibilities of introducing from the outset first trimester screening in Germany to the highest possible standard. With the constitutive meeting of FMF Germany on March 1, 2002, an independent non-profit association for the promotion of prenatal medicine in Germany was established, following FMF London and in cooperation with the German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM). Prenatal DEGUM Level III physicians, laboratory physicians and human geneticists were elected as board members. Founding members and founding board members are listed on page 119.



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