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Reproductive laboratories (RL) are key elements of clinics performing assisted reproductive techniques (ART). They include both the andrology and the embryology clinical laboratories, which may also work in association with other laboratories, such as genetic, endocrine, and pathology. Reproductive laboratories’ main goals are to meet patients and physicians’ needs. Specific functions include proper identification, transportation, storage, processing, and examination of human gametes with subsequent reporting of results. Reproductive laboratories attempting to accomplish the above-cited tasks in a quality management philosophy should address three questions that constitute the primary pillars of quality, that is, (1) what do you do? (2) how do you do it? and (3) how do you make sure that what you do is being done in the proper manner?
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Esteves, S., Agarwal, A. (2013). The Role of Reproductive Laboratories in the ART Clinic. In: Bento, F., Esteves, S., Agarwal, A. (eds) Quality Management in ART Clinics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7139-5_7
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