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- Title
Quality management systems for your in vitro fertilization clinic's laboratory: Why bother?
- Authors
Olofsson, Jan I.; Banker, Manish R.; Sjoblom, Late Peter
- Abstract
Several countries have in recent years introduced prescribed requirements for treatment and monitoring of outcomes, as well as a licensing or accreditation requirement for in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics and their laboratories. It is commonplace for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) laboratories to be required to have a quality control system. However, more effective Total Quality Management systems are now being implemented by an increasing number of ART clinics. In India, it is now a requirement to have a quality management system in order to be accredited and to help meet customer demand for improved delivery of ART services. This review contains the proceedings a quality management session at the Indian Fertility Experts Meet (IFEM) 2010 and focuses on the creation of a patient-oriented best-in-class IVF laboratory.
- Subjects
FERTILIZATION in vitro; TOTAL quality management; MEDICAL quality control; HEALTH outcome assessment; REPRODUCTIVE technology; MEDICAL literature reviews; MEDICAL laboratories
- Publication
Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0974-1208
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0974-1208.112368