Internal quality control and external quality assurance in the IVF laboratory

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 156-165

  Matson, Phillip L ^a,b  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b External Quality Assurance Schemes for Reproductive Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control; IVF; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032450787     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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