Organization and Management of IVF Units

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. IVF Unit Establishment and Organization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. IVF Unit Location, Design, and Construction

      • Jason Spittle

      Pages 3-25

   3. Batch IVF Programme in ART: Practical Considerations

      • Baiju P. Ahemmed, Alex C. Varghese

      Pages 27-50

   4. Risk and Regulation: The Role of Regulation in Managing an IVF Unit

      • John Peek

      Pages 51-67

3. Total Quality Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Risk and Disaster Management for the IVF Laboratory

      • Charles L. Bormann, Erin I. Lewis

      Pages 71-83

   3. Staff Management: Leading by Example

      • Steven D. Fleming

      Pages 85-102

   4. Patient Management: A Nursing Perspective

      • Denise Donati

      Pages 103-113

   5. Low-Risk Laboratory Management

      • Simon Cooke

      Pages 115-152

   6. Cryobank Management

      • John P. Ryan

      Pages 153-177

   7. Management of a Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening Service

      • Steven D. Fleming, Jane Fleming, Joyce Harper

      Pages 179-192

   8. Data Management in the ART Unit

      • John P. P. Tyler

      Pages 193-215

   9. Implementation of a Total Quality Management System

      • James Catt

      Pages 217-229

   10. Optimization of Treatment Outcomes for Assisted Reproductive Technologies

       • Shahryar K. Kavoussi, Thomas B. Pool

       Pages 231-252

   11. Statistical Process Control Analysis to Assess Laboratory Variation as a Means of Quality Control in ART Labs

       • Alex Steinleitner

       Pages 253-266

4. IVF Units and Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

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   2. Ethics of IVF Treatment: Remember the Patient!

      • Anne Melton Clark

      Pages 269-286

   3. Implementing and Managing Natural and Modified Natural IVF Cycles

      • Mara Kotrotsou, Geeta Nargund, Stuart Campbell

      Pages 287-300

   4. Public and Low-Cost IVF

      • Ian D. Cooke

      Pages 301-314

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 IVF units 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.

• Cryobank management
• Ethics of IVF
• IVF laboratory
• IVF unit
• In vitro fertilization
• Marketing
• Natural cycle IVF
• PGD/PGS management
• Patient management
• Quality control and assurance
• Staff management
• Tertiary level IVF unit

• School of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  Steven D. Fleming

• ASTRA Fertility Group, Mississauga, Canada

  Alex C. Varghese

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

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