ABSTRACT
Accreditation of the assisted reproductive techniques (ART) laboratory in North America has been extensively reviewed in the first edition of this text.1 In this second edition, we have updated this perspective with new information. The reader will note obvious similarities and overlap between the first and second editions of this chapter, and may wish to refer to the earlier version. However, instead of focusing only on new developments, we have repeated much of the information covered in the first edition. The result, we hope, is an updated, “stand alone” chapter that provides the reader with new information along with the appropriate background for completeness.
