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Bringing together the latest information on the organization, management and quality of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) units, this is the first true field guide for the clinician working in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Divided thematically into four main sections, part one discussed the establishment and organization of the IVF unit, including location, design and construction, practical considerations for batching IVF cycles, and regulations and risk management. Part two, the largest section, covers the many aspects of overall quality management and its implementation - staff and patient management, cryobank and PGD/PGS management, and data management - as well as optimization of treatment outcomes and statistical process control analysis to assess quality variation. Part three addresses the relationship between IVF units and society at large, including the ethics of IVF treatment, as well as public/low-cost and private/corporate IVF units. Advertising and marketing for IVFunits is discussed in part four, including the building and managing of websites and the use of traditional print and social media. With approximately five thousand IVF units worldwide and a growing number of training programs, Organization and Management of IVF Units is a key resource for clinic directors, unit managers, embryologists, quality experts, and students of reproductive medicine and clinical embryology.
List of contents
Part I: IVF Unit Establishment and Organization.- IVF Unit Location, Design, and Construction.- Batch IVF Program in ART: Practical Considerations.- Risk and Regulation: The Role of Regulation in Managing an IVF Unit.- Part II: Total Quality Management.- Risk and Disaster Management of the IVF Laboratory.- Staff Management.- Patient Management: A Nursing Perspective.- Low Risk Laboratory Management.- Cryobank Management.- PGD/PGS Management.- Data Management.- Implementation of a Total Quality Management System.- Optimization of Treatment Outcomes for Assisted Reproductive Technologies.- Statistical Process Control Analysis to Assess Laboratory Variation as a Means of Quality Control in ART.- Part III: IVF Units and Society.- Ethics of IVF Treatment.- Implementing and Managing Natural and Modified Natural Cycle IVF.- Public and Low-Cost IVF Units.- Private and Corporate IVF Units.- Part IV: Advertising and Marketing IVF Units.- Marketing of IVF Units and Agencies.- Websites for IVF Units.- IVF Units and Social Media.
About the author
Steven D. Fleming, PhD, University of Sydney, School of Medical Sciences, Discipline of Anatomy and Histology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alex C. Varghese, PhD, ASTRA Fertility Group, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Summary
Bringing together the latest information on the organization, management and quality of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) units, this is the first true field guide for the clinician working in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Divided thematically into four main sections, part one discussed the establishment and organization of the IVF unit, including location, design and construction, practical considerations for batching IVF cycles, and regulations and risk management. Part two, the largest section, covers the many aspects of overall quality management and its implementation – staff and patient management, cryobank and PGD/PGS management, and data management – as well as optimization of treatment outcomes and statistical process control analysis to assess quality variation. Part three addresses the relationship between IVF units and society at large, including the ethics of IVF treatment, as well as public/low-cost and private/corporate IVF units. Advertising and marketing for IVFunits is discussed in part four, including the building and managing of websites and the use of traditional print and social media. With approximately five thousand IVF units worldwide and a growing number of training programs, Organization and Management of IVF Units is a key resource for clinic directors, unit managers, embryologists, quality experts, and students of reproductive medicine and clinical embryology.
