Management strategies and suggestions for in vitro fertilization laboratory during the epidemic period of novel coronavirus pneumonia

ABSTRACT

Since the emergence of novel coronavirus penumonia (COVID-19) appeared in December 2019, all nationwide have started a public health emergency one-level response and implemented strong epidemic prevention measures. Hospitals are places where patients gather, and all departments may have infection risks, and every reproductive medicine center also faces a major test, the IVF laboratory in reproductive medicine centers undertakes important tasks such as in vitro fertilization, embryo culture, frozen storage, and at the same time, there is a potential risk of cross-contamination at the intersection of doctors and patients, so it is necessary to develop effective preventive measures and procedures to reduce risks, ensuring assisted reproductive techonology safety and deal with potentially similar outbreaks of large-scale infection in the future. During the recent novel coronavirus epidemic period, this paper explored the protection methods of IVF laboratory, combined with the practice about entering and leaving of medical personnel, patients, dirt, consumptive material and purification system, gametes and embryo management protection process. © 2021 Chinese Medical Association