ART Laboratory and ART Equipments for Fertility Clinic

Mumbai,Maharashtra,India, January 20, 2015 (Newswire.com) - In any Fertility Center, embryology lab is the high-tech heart of the clinic's family atmosphere. Embryology Services are provided by an experienced embryology team that provides the technological backbone for patients to progress in IVF treatment from preliminary testing to egg retrieval, fertilization, and embryo transfer. The embryology lab is also the vital link to other infertility services such as pre-implantation genetic screening and diagnosis, gender selection, and oocyte cryopreservation.

When they  walk into any infertility clinic few of the studies is always done. The doctors expertise, success rate of the clinic, cost of the treatment, vicinity of the clinic from the place where they  stay, treatment options available, no of embryos that will be transferred in an ivf cycle and the IVF Laboratory in the clinic. These are the few criteria’s that will help an infertile couple in deciding the doctor and the clinic for the nature of their treatment in achieving parenthood. Several countries have in recent years introduced prescribed requirements for treatment and monitoring of outcomes, as well as a licensing or accreditation requirement for in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics and their laboratories.

New IVF- based techniques, such as cryopreservation using vitrification, micro manipulation of gametes and embryos and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), have provided prospective parents with a wide range of new reproductive options. Today, ART refers not only to IVF but also to several variations tailored to patients’ unique conditions. The technology transfer in the ART has resulted in the advanced practices being offered in almost all countries. Advances in the ART technology demands at the same time best and latest updated IVF Laboratory where these procedures take place. IVF Laboratory must be highly equipped with equipments and staff for the best outcome of any ART procedure.

Making of patient oriented in-house fully equipped IN VITRO FERTILIZATION LABORATORY

Setting up of an ideal IVF laboratory is vital to the success in ART and the critical determinants of the function of the IVF laboratory are people, procedures, equipment and the laboratory design. An embryologist using his or her personality, knowledge and skills must be capable of taking initiatives and improving the laboratory. Skill is an absolute requirement along with the ability to collate and structure information from the laboratory and literature. The knowledge of cell and reproductive biology must be of sufficient depth to allow the embryologist to analyze and solve problems from basic physiological principles. It is important that the embryologist is imbued with a culture of intellectual and scientific rigor that allows independent search for knowledge and solutions instead of unquestioning references to statements of authorities in the field. Importantly, the laboratory staff members need to undergo training and prove competence for each procedure performed.

Guiding Features for Quality in an ART Laboratory

Quality management in the IVF laboratory underpins a successful clinic. Managing the quality of laboratory processes leads to improved results and a greater confidence for clinicians and patients. As a result of this global expansion boosted with cutting edge technologies, quality management and risk management is becoming increasingly important for running IVF clinics and IVF laboratories. ART Clinic and ART laboratory should operate, according to ICMR guidelines and should reflect modern awareness of professional and commercial environment, and should embrace spermfuge.  

To maintain ambient quality there are certain vital parameters like particle count, filter integrity test, air velocity, temperature, humidity and CO2 for incubators which need to be kept under a constant check as they can harm the gametes and embryos, ultimately compromising the results in any ivf lab.

The guidelines set up by the ESHRE constitute the minimal requirements for any laboratory offering assisted reproduction techniques (ART). The implementation of guidelines for good practice in IVF laboratories requires a quality management program to be in place, integrating quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement. This should be done by the design of a quality policy and a consequent implementation of a quality system that encompasses and integrates the operative units, the processes and procedures that represent the core of ART clinics.

Equipment and consumables and supporting accessories used in IVF Lab.

All consumables that come in contact with gametes and embryos must be validated as non-toxic to embryos and supportive of normal embryo development. All new equipment must be validated before use, it should be reliable in function, and be tolerant of non-ideal conditions. The equipment must be acquired on the characteristics of performance and not on its price. The four key environmental variables; temperature, pH, osmolarity and contamination, must be controlled and carefully monitored from the “Tip-to-Tip” of the culture system (tip of the oocyte aspiration needle to the tip of the embryo transfer catheter). It is critical that the variables are measured at the point where the embryos are handled. It must be ensured that the temperature of the culture medium in the dish is 37°C.

Work stations and laboratory design

Work stations should provide filtered air and a heated surface to maintain optimum temperature without any contamination. Ergonomically designed equipment is preferred to alleviate unnecessary strain on the embryologist. The laboratory design should be based on clean room technology, using low emission materials with a clearly defined air quality. Work-flow should be planned to ensure a minimal distance between the incubator, the work station and the microscope. Special measures and equipment should be installed to secure uninterruptible power supply to critical areas of the clinic, e.g., the operation room and vital equipment in the laboratory such as the incubators, as well as to other essential services in the clinic.

Essential qualifications of an art team

The practice of ART requires a well-orchestrated team work between the five functional areas of an IVF clinic: Clinical, nursing, embryology, counseling and administration. The staff should have formal qualifications in their area of responsibility and their actual performance should be monitored against set standards.

In a nutshell it can be said that an IVF Laboratory must be equipped with the air filtration system, temperature control device, gas chambers, incubators, microscopes for micro manipulation of sperm and eggs and embryo biopsies, skilled embryologists, ivf equipments and accessories, cryopreservation and vitrification of embryos, safety techniques to maintain the identity of the embryos and generator that can supply immediate and uninterrupted power. Education and training of the embryologist, lab technicians and fertility doctors is also necessary for the best results and good success rate. Without proper training and knowledge about the equipments and the operation of the machines the ivf laboratory will not be able to give any good results how so ever it is highly equipped.

Children are life's most precious gift and a modern embryology lab has more safety features than most day care centers. Shivani Scientific Industries (P) Ltd. is a highly focused company on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and Biomedical Equipments with a proven track record of over 42 years. Shivani Scientific also has its own Fornax range of innovative IVF products which are exported to more than 30 countries. Shivani has contributed in development of ART field in India significantly. They specialise in providing Turnkey Project Services for setting up of IVF Labs, OT rooms, ICU, CCU, NICU and CSSD, complying with various international regulatory standards. Shivani Scientific has recently started a new division for IVF consumables which brings world class products such as Wallace range of medical devices and Life Global range of Culture Media. They provide education and training about IVF Laboratory techniques, IUI procedures, IVF lab Equipments, embryology, Culture Medium, IVF Techniques, Advanced ART Techniques, Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis, Cryopreservation, Andrology Techniques, Designing of new ART Laboratory, state-of-the-art IVF lab, Embryo culture, Classical IVF, Oocyte handling and scoring, Embryo handling, scoring and loading, Vitrification, Sperm preparation for IVF/ICSI, Observing IVF/ ICSI procedures, Ovulation induction protocols and more.

For building up an ideal ART Laboratory  they can contact them at http://www.shivaniivf.com or at http://ivfworld.wordpress.com or  they  can call them on 91 22 2896 1768 to inquire about any IVF laboratory design, equipments and consumables.