Goral Gandhi IVF consultant from mumbai who has established several training programmes for practicing embryologists and ascertained guidelines on good practice for IVF laboratories, discussed about the quality practices contributing to performance and success in the embryo laboratory.
Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA) in clinical laboratories increase the chances of success of the IVF outcome, and embryologists play a crucial role in quality assessments to make sure highest standards are maintained.
“We critically work on quality parameters in terms of checks and protocols we follow in our lab when it comes to equipment, pressure modules, quality control of culture medium and disposables, handling of oocytes and spermatozoa, evaluation of results such as fertilization rates, cleavage rates, embryo quality, pregnancy rates, implantation rates, survival rate for frozen embryos, etc,” added Dr Goral Gandhi, embryologist in mumbai.
“I verify and document countless QC measurements, including the room temperature, the pH of the media used to grow the embryos, lot numbers of reagents, microscope temperature settings, and gas tank levels. Only when I am 100% certain that everything is in optimal working order do I open the IVF lab for patients,” said another embryologist Evelyn E. Neuber .
