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2019 Best Laboratory Practice
ART screening
identifies HIV, HBV and HCV +ve patients (with small limitations)
Use of antiretrovirals (HIV/HCV) and HBV vaccine risk of contamination/infection to other patients/staff negligible
20 years of observational data collection no viral or non‐viral transmissions in the IVF Lab setting
Best practice necessitates universal precautions
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2019 Best Laboratory Practice
 Consider:
CBS straws
separate incubators
separate storage tanks for known infected samples disposable plasticware
 Separate infected cases in time (OR and Lab)
No rationale for a separate laboratory to treat viral positive patients
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