Ovation Fertility, Newport Beach, CA, USA.
Ovation Fertility, Nashville, TN, USA.
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 Jan;36(1):5-14. doi: 10.1007/s10815-018-1310-6. Epub 2018 Sep 19.
Recent publicized events of cryogenic storage tank failures have created nationwide concern among infertility patients and patients storing embryos and gametes for future use. To assure patient confidence, quality management (QM) plans applied by in vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratories need to include a more comprehensive focus on the cryostorage of reproductive specimens. The purpose of this review is to provide best practice guidelines for the cryogenic storage of sperm, oocytes, embryos, and other reproductive tissues (e.g., testicular and ovarian tissue, cord blood cells, and stem cells) and recommend a strategy of thorough and appropriate quality and risk management procedures aimed to alleviate or minimize the consequences from catastrophic events.
最近公开的低温存储罐故障事件引起了全国不孕患者和未来使用胚胎和配子储存的患者的关注。为了确保患者的信心,体外受精 (IVF) 实验室应用的质量管理 (QM) 计划需要更全面地关注生殖标本的低温储存。本综述的目的是为精子、卵子、胚胎和其他生殖组织(例如睾丸和卵巢组织、脐带血细胞和干细胞)的低温储存提供最佳实践指南,并建议采取彻底和适当的质量和风险管理程序的策略,旨在减轻或最小化灾难性事件的后果。