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. 2021 Jan 17;29(6):911–919. doi: 10.1038/s41431-020-00794-6

Table 2.

University Medical Center Utrecht’s return-of-results policy for UFs regarding children, at the time of the interviews.

Outcome categories of UFs Return policy
Severe, medically actionablea conditions in childhood regarding the child Always
Severe conditions, only medically actionable in adulthood regarding the child Always
Child’s carrier status for severe autosomal recessive conditions Never
Severe, medically nonactionable conditions regarding the child Never

UFs unsolicited findings.

aUniversity Medical Center Utrecht’s standpoint takes the term medically actionable to mean that (preventive) medical treatment or controls are available to reduce the chance of a severe/fatal outcome.

Medically unactionable is taken to mean that no (preventive) medical treatment or controls are available to reduce the chance of a severe/fatal outcome.