Journal
JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS
Volume 30, Issue 12, Pages 1583-1585Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0104-0
Keywords
Temperature; Incubator; Quality control; Assisted reproductive technology; ART
Funding
- Medical Experience Academy
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Purpose To determine if there is a temperature variation within and between incubators. This prospective, experimental trial with external controls was performed at an Assisted Reproductive Technology laboratory in a tertiary-care, university hospital. Temperature values were taken at various locations within and between incubators. Even though they were both set to 37.0 A degrees C, the same make and model incubators had significantly different internal temperatures. Temperatures differed significantly among top, middle and bottom shelves and between fronts and backs of shelves. We found temperatures differed within and between our front-loading incubators. Thus, laboratory personnel should evaluate their incubators for temperature variations within and between incubators and, if temperatures differ significantly, develop a plan to deal with discrepancies.
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