This book is a complete guide to setting up an IVF laboratory. Beginning with an introduction to the history and the basics, the following chapters take clinicians through the full set up and management process, from air quality control and cryopreservation facilities, to morphological embryo assessment, sperm processing and selection techniques, to document management systems.A separate chapter provides an update on semen analysis based on World Health Organisation (WHO) standards and interpretation of results.Written by an extensive author and editor team from the UK, Europe and the USA, this practical manual is invaluable for embryologists and IVF specialists planning to set up and manage an IVF laboratory successfully. Key pointsPractical guide to setting up and managing an IVF laboratoryProvides step by step processIncludes chapter on semen analysis based on WHO standards and interpretation of resultsExtensive author and editor team from UK, Europe and USA
