Building and Managing an IVF Laboratory

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

• ​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.

From the reviews:“This is an essential, how-to guide to building and managing an IVF laboratory from the ground up. … The audience is physicians and embryologists/andrologists who are interested in understanding the basics of establishing an IVF laboratory. … This is a necessary book for any graduating fellow or physician involved in assisted reproductive technologies. It helps nonscientists better understand the role of the IVF lab and can actually help them talk the language when building their own clinic/lab. A must have!” (Kenan Rifat Omurtag, Doody’s Book Reviews, July, 2014)