Minimum standards for practices offering assisted reproductive technologies: a committee opinion.

Abstract:

:This document is designed to provide a framework for assisted reproductive technology (ART) programs that meet or exceed the requirements suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for certification of ART laboratories. This document replaces the document, "Revised Minimum Standards for Practices Offering Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Committee Opinion," published in 2014.

journal_name

Fertil Steril

journal_title

Fertility and sterility

authors

Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.,Practice Committee of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.,Practice Committee of the Society of Reproductive Biologists and Technologists. Electronic address: asrm@as

doi

10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.11.024

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-03-01 00:00:00

pages

536-541

issue

3

eissn

0015-0282

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1556-5653

pii

S0015-0282(19)32593-2

journal_volume

113

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