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Air quality in In Vitro Fertilization laboratory

23/02/2022

Regulations et recommendations

  •  Revised Guidelines for Good Practices in IVF laboratory (2015) ESHRE
  • Arrêté du 30 juin 2017, published in the JO n° 0159 the 08_07_2017
  • Mortimer D, Cohen J, Mortimer ST, Fawzy M, McCUlloh DH, Morbeck DE, Pollet Villard X et coll. Cairo consensus on the IVF laboratory environment and air quality: report of an expert meeting. Reprod Biomed online (2018) 36: 658-674

Deleterious effects of poor air quality on the performance of in vitro fertilisation procedures

  • Carré J, Gatimel N, Moreau J, Parinaud J Leandri R. Influence of air quality on the results of n vitro fertilization attempts: A retrospective study. European J of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive Biology, (2017) 210: 116-122
  • Morbeck DE. Air Quality in the assisted reproduction laboratory: a mini-review. J Assist Reprod Genet (2015) 32:1019-1024
  • Munch EM, Sparks AE, Duran HE, Van Voorhis BJ. Lack of carbon air filtration impacts early embryo development. J Assist Reprod Genet (2015) 32 1009:1017
  • Legro RS, Sauer MV, Mottla GL et coll. Effect of air quality on assisted human reproduction. Human Reproduction (2010) 25, n°5, 1317-1324
  • Cohen J, Gilligan A, Esposito W et coll. Ambient air and its potential effects on conception in vitro. Human Reproduction (1997) 12 n°8 1742-1749

Benefits of reducing Volatile Organic Compounds in IVF laboratory

  • Forman M, Polanski V, Horvath P, Gilligan D et coll. Reductions in volatile compounds, aldehydes, and particulate air contaminants in an IVF laboratory by centralized and stand-aalone air filtration systems. Fertility and sterility (2004) 82 suppl 2: 324
  • Khoudja RY, Xu Y, Li T Zhou C. Better IVF outcoms following improvememnts in laboratory air quality. J Assist Reprod Genet (2013) 30: 69-76
  • Heitman RJ, Hill MJ, James AN et coll. Live births achieved via IVF are increased by improvements in air quality and laboratory environment. Reprod Biomed online (2015) 31(3): 364-371
  • Munch EM, Sparks AE, Duran HE, Van Voorhis BJ. Lack of carbon air filtration impacts early embryo development. J Assist Reprod Genet (2015) 32 1009:1017
  • Esteves S C, Bento F C. Air quality control in the ART laboratory is a major determinant of iVF success. A J Androl. (2016) 18: 596-599
  • Guerif f. Maitrise des pics de polluants chimiques de l’air au laboratoire de FIV, Poster présenté au congrès de la FFER 2017