| Title: | Cairo consensus on the IVF laboratory environment and air quality: report of an expert meeting |
| Author(s): | Mortimer D; Cohen J; Mortimer ST; Fawzy M; McCulloh DH; Morbeck DE; Pollet-Villard X; Mansour RT; Brison DR; Doshi A; Harper JC; Swain JE; Gilligan AV; |
| Address: | "Oozoa Biomedical, Box 93012 Caulfeild Village, West Vancouver, BC, V7W 3G4, Canada. Electronic address: david@oozoa.com. ART Institute of Washington, 3 Regent Street, Suite 301, Livingston, New Jersey 07039, USA. Oozoa Biomedical, Box 93012 Caulfeild Village, West Vancouver, BC, V7W 3G4, Canada. Ibnsina and Banon IVF Centers, IbnSina Hospital, El Aref Squeer, Sohag, 123456 Egypt. NYU Fertility Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA. Fertility Associates, Private Bag 28901 Remuera, Auckland 1051, New Zealand. Centre AMP Nataliance, Laboratoire Medibio, 551 Avenue Jacqueline Auriol, 45770 Saran, France. The Egyptian IVF-ET Center, 3 St. 161 Maadi Gardens, Cairo, 11431 Egypt. Department of Reproductive Medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK. The Embryology and PGD Academy Ltd, 85 Walden Road, Sewards End, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 2LG, UK. Institute for Women's Health, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, 10290 RidgeGate Circle, Lone Tree, Colorado 80124, USA. Alpha Environmental Inc, 11 Ackerman Avenue, Emerson, NJ 07630, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.02.005 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1472-6491 (Electronic) 1472-6483 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This proceedings report presents the outcomes from an international Expert Meeting to establish a consensus on the recommended technical and operational requirements for air quality within modern assisted reproduction technology (ART) laboratories. Topics considered included design and construction of the facility, as well as its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system; control of particulates, micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi and viruses) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) within critical areas; safe cleaning practices; operational practices to optimize air quality while minimizing physicochemical risks to gametes and embryos (temperature control versus air flow); and appropriate infection-control practices that minimize exposure to VOC. More than 50 consensus points were established under the general headings of assessing site suitability, basic design criteria for new construction, and laboratory commissioning and ongoing VOC management. These consensus points should be considered as aspirational benchmarks for existing ART laboratories, and as guidelines for the construction of new ART laboratories" |
| Keywords: | "*Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Consensus Environmental Monitoring Humans Laboratories/*standards Reproductive Techniques, Assisted/*standards Air quality Infection control Laboratory design Quality management Volatile organic compounds;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMortimer, D Cohen, J Mortimer, S T Fawzy, M McCulloh, D H Morbeck, D E Pollet-Villard, X Mansour, R T Brison, D R Doshi, A Harper, J C Swain, J E Gilligan, A V eng Netherlands 2018/04/17 Reprod Biomed Online. 2018 Jun; 36(6):658-674. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.02.005. Epub 2018 Mar 2" |
