Risk of contamination of germplasm during cryopreservation and cryobanking in IVF units

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2457-2467

  Bielanski, A ^a   Vajta, G ^b,c  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b PIVET Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c Cairns Fertility Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Cryopreservation; Freezing; Liquid nitrogen; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GERMPLASM; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REVIEW; SPERM; VITRIFICATION;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN; OOCYTES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 70349437377     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep117     Document Type: Review

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