Using identification verification in the IVF lab helps keep dreams of parenthood safe
Your eggs, sperm and embryos are precious and should be treated with the utmost care and respect. You also deserve to have peace of mind on your path to parenthood at our Las Vegas fertility clinic. To make all these things possible, we partner with a laboratory that believes in the importance of identification verification in the IVF lab. Specifically, Ovation® Fertility uses an IVF electronic witnessing system called Matcher.
What is IVF electronic witnessing?
Our Las Vegas fertility clinic works exclusively with Ovation Fertility for all laboratory services, ranging from semen analysis to IVF. All Ovation labs are required to use a special tool for identification verification in the IVF lab. This tool is called Matcher.
As an IVF electronic witnessing system, Matcher ensures accurate patient identification, labeling and traceability of eggs, sperm and embryos throughout a patient’s entire cycle. The goal is to ensure the patient’s identity matches their reproductive materials.
Lab team members confirm this matching throughout fertility treatments and laboratory procedures.
- Sperm collection
- Egg retrieval
- Embryo transfer
- Sperm preparation
- Embryo culture
- Insemination
- Embryo biopsy
- Embryo cryopreservation and thaw
For identification verification in the IVF lab, team members attach specific labels to different vials and dishes. With the Matcher IVF electronic witnessing system, the lab confirms that each vial and dish matches the patient’s master label.
Why is identification verification in the IVF lab important?
The Matcher IVF electronic witnessing system has several benefits that offer peace of mind for patients at our Las Vegas fertility clinic.
- Error prevention: The system alerts team members to potential mistakes before transferring embryos or sperm from one dish to another.
- Automatic traceability: Our system confirms, photographs and documents patient and labware identifiers in every procedure.
- Maintained chain of custody: This system provides a continuous witnessing chain from patient registration to the patient’s storage at the end of their cycle.
We are proud to work with a laboratory that allows our patients to feel confident that their reproductive materials are safe and tied only to them. If you have more questions about our partner IVF lab or fertility treatment at FCLV, please contact us to schedule an appointment. We are here to give you the information you need to bring home the baby you dream of.
