A reliable procedure for decontamination before thawing of human specimens cryostored in liquid nitrogen: Three washes with sterile liquid nitrogen (SLN2)

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 870-875

  Parmegiani, Lodovico ^a   Accorsi, Antonio ^b   Bernardi, Silvia ^a   Arnone, Alessandra ^a   Cognigni, Graciela Estela ^a   Filicori, Marco ^a  

^a GynePro Medical Centers   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

contamination; cryotop; sterile liquid nitrogen (SLN2); ultraviolet sterilization; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN; STERILE LIQUID NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; GAMETE EMBRYO VITRIFICATION CARRIER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THAWING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASPERGILLOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN; OOCYTES; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STERILIZATION; TISSUE BANKS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84867026176     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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