Quality Management in ART Clinics A Practical Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bento, Fabiola. (Editor), Esteves, Sandro. (Editor), Agarwal, Ashok. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Obstetrics.; Endocrinology.; Reproductive Medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7139-5

In the last decades, major advances have been made in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and the public demand for these procedures has increased globally. All ART clinics, from those just starting out to the well established, must employ the latest equipment and implement the best practices,...

Table of Contents:

• Reproductive Laboratories.-�Quality Management Systems
• Where to Start.-� Defining Processes and Procedures
• Training Personnel
• How to Get Information.-�Defining What Reproductive Laboratories Do
• Explaining How Reproductive Laboratories Work
• Ensuring that Reproductive Laboratories Provide High-Quality Services
• Singapore
• India
• South Africa: A laboratory perspective on quality control
• Nigeria: Experience with Quality Management and IVF in a Developing Country
• Gulf Countries
• United States of America
• Chile
• Brazil
• Belgium: ISO 9001:2000 certification as a base for total quality management in ART
• The Netherlands
• Australia: QMS in IVF Centres.