ABSTRACT
Contents 13.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 180 13.2 Installation stage: Validation of design, facility, and support services ...................... 181
13.2.1 Logistic design, building materials, and support services .............................. 181 13.2.2 Ventilation System ................................................................................................. 181 13.2.3 Doors and pass-through hatches ......................................................................... 182 13.2.4 Gas stations and pipelines .................................................................................... 182 13.2.5 Lighting and other fixtures .................................................................................. 183 13.2.6 Electrical services ................................................................................................... 183 13.2.7 Cryo-tank storage room ........................................................................................ 183 13.2.8 The rest of the facility ............................................................................................ 183
13.2.8.1 Anteroom ................................................................................................. 183 13.2.8.2 Change rooms .......................................................................................... 184
13.3 Resting stage ....................................................................................................................... 184 13.4 Operational stage ............................................................................................................... 184 13.5 Education ............................................................................................................................ 185 13.6 Calibration and quality control of purchased equipment ........................................... 185
13.6.1 Suggestions for equipment QC parameters and threshold values ................. 185 13.6.1.1 Room temperature .................................................................................. 185 13.6.1.2 Workstations, laminar flow (LAF) benches, class II cabinets,
and IVF chambers ................................................................................... 185 13.6.1.3 Test-tube warmer and heat-blocks ........................................................ 186 13.6.1.4 Aspiration pump ..................................................................................... 186 13.6.1.5 Microinjector ............................................................................................ 186 13.6.1.6 Incubators ................................................................................................. 186 13.6.1.7 Slow freezers ............................................................................................ 186 13.6.1.8 Medical refrigerators .............................................................................. 187 13.6.1.9 Cryo storage tanks .................................................................................. 187 13.6.1.10 Alarm system ......................................................................................... 187 13.6.1.11 Patient identification ............................................................................. 187 13.6.1.12 Disposables ............................................................................................ 187 13.6.1.13 Measurements of bacterial contamination ........................................ 188
13.7 Written standard operational procedures ...................................................................... 188 13.8 Total quality management ................................................................................................ 188
Abstract
The building of an ART clinic requires the input from a multidisciplinary task-force so it meets all demands from the legislation, owner and that guarantees the patients value for money. The latter will give the clinic a good reputation, increase the inflow of patients and generate an even higher income.
