Building and Managing an IVF Laboratory

A Practical Guide
2013
ISBN: 978-1-4614-8365-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 414 g

This concise, truncated version of Nagy, Varghese and Agarwal's Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization is comprised of select practical chapters for a portable, affordable and up-to-date resource. Building and Managing an IVF Laboratory covers a variety of topics, including:

- Setting up and running an IVF laboratory

- IVF laboratory equipment and culture systems

- Organization of the IVF unit

- Licensing and regulation in the ART laboratory

- Quality control and troubleshooting

Practical for both clinicians and researchers alike, Building and Managing an IVF Laboratory brings together all of the need-to-know information about these important topics in reproductive medicine.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagy, Zsolt Peter

Agarwal, Ashok

Varghese, Alex C.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Labormedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Reproduktionsmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Setting Up and Running an IVF Laboratory.- Building the Laboratory.- Air Quality Management.- Part II: IVF Laboratory Equipment and Culture Systems.- Essential Instruments and Disposable Supplies for an IVF Lab.- CO2 and Low-O2 Incubators.- IVF Workstations.- Part III: Organization of the IVF Unit.- Organizational Aspects of the Laboratory in a Tertiary Care ART Center.- Daily, Weekly, and Regular Preparations for the IVF Laboratory.- Data Management in the ART Laboratory: Requirements and Solutions.- Part IV: Licensing and Regulation in the ART Laboratory.- Regulation, Licensing, and Accreditation of the ART Laboratory.- Legislation in the United Kingdom.- Regulation, Licensing, and Accreditation of the ART laboratory in Europe.- Regulation, Licensing, and Accreditation of ART Labs in India.- Part V: Quality Control and Troubleshooting.- Quality Control Management.- Risk and Safety in the IVF Clinic.- Troubleshooting in the Clinical Embryology Laboratory: The Art of Problem-Solving in ART.

Über Autor(innen)

Zsolt Peter Nagy, MD, PhD, HCLD (ABB), EMB (ACE), Scientific and Laboratory Director, Reproductive Biology Associates, Atlanta, GA, USA

Alex C. Varghese, PhD, Senior Embryologist, Montreal Reproductive Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD (ABB), EMB (ACE), Director, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA