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Dealing with equipment failure during oocyte retrieval

Dealing with equipment failure during oocyte retrieval
Dealing with equipment failure during oocyte retrieval

This chapter includes clinical cases, background, evidence-based practical management options, preventive measures, key-point summaries of equipment failure during oocyte retrieval and answers to questions patients ask. It is important any equipment failure is clearly documented, reported on the institution's reporting system and reviewed for learning and actions to mitigate future risk. If the issues cannot be adequately resolved, no oocytes may be retrieved in the window of time available after ovulation trigger. In such cases, the patient will require a full explanation and discussion as per the duty of candor. The question about any equipment failure is not if but rather when it will happen. A good preventive strategy will reduce the chance of failure, allow its prompt recognition and have a plan B for what to do when it occurs.

Equipment failure, Oocyte retrieval, Ovulation trigger, Preventive strategy
377-380
Wiley
Robertson, Isla
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Cheong, Ying C.
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Sharif, Khaldoun
Coomarasamy, Arri
Robertson, Isla
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Cheong, Ying C.
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Sharif, Khaldoun
Coomarasamy, Arri

Robertson, Isla and Cheong, Ying C. (2021) Dealing with equipment failure during oocyte retrieval. In, Sharif, Khaldoun and Coomarasamy, Arri (eds.) Assisted Reproduction Techniques: Challenges and Management Options. 2 ed. Wiley, pp. 377-380. (doi:10.1002/9781119622215.ch61).

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Abstract

This chapter includes clinical cases, background, evidence-based practical management options, preventive measures, key-point summaries of equipment failure during oocyte retrieval and answers to questions patients ask. It is important any equipment failure is clearly documented, reported on the institution's reporting system and reviewed for learning and actions to mitigate future risk. If the issues cannot be adequately resolved, no oocytes may be retrieved in the window of time available after ovulation trigger. In such cases, the patient will require a full explanation and discussion as per the duty of candor. The question about any equipment failure is not if but rather when it will happen. A good preventive strategy will reduce the chance of failure, allow its prompt recognition and have a plan B for what to do when it occurs.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 4 June 2021
Keywords: Equipment failure, Oocyte retrieval, Ovulation trigger, Preventive strategy

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Local EPrints ID: 483257
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/483257
PURE UUID: d29bdc0c-4009-4c73-bd56-0c5f0fd50c07
ORCID for Ying C. Cheong: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7687-4597

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Date deposited: 26 Oct 2023 17:06
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:46

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Author: Isla Robertson
Author: Ying C. Cheong ORCID iD
Editor: Khaldoun Sharif
Editor: Arri Coomarasamy

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