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The cornerstone of assisted reproductive technology (ART) is based upon quality control management. From instruments used to formulate media to methods to determine environmental properties such as temperature, relative humidity, and gas concentrations, all should be monitored and calibrated according to manufacturer’s specifications to insure their accuracy. In addition, attention to detail and the will to examine and improve our ART laboratory processes must be our main goals in our quest to provide a high quality, predictable product to the patients we serve. This review discusses quality control and quality assurance as they pertain to the ART laboratories.

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Boone, W.R., Higdon, H.L. (2012). Quality Control Management. In: Nagy, Z., Varghese, A., Agarwal, A. (eds) Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1780-5_5

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