To QC or not to QC: The key to a consistent laboratory?

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-32

  Lane, Michelle ^a,b   Mitchell, Megan ^a   Cashman, Kara S ^a   Feil, Deanne ^a,b   Wakefield, Sarah ^a,b   Zander Fox, Deirdre L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Repromed   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 38549161181     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07161     Document Type: Review

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