Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-2brh9 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-22T21:07:34.376Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Chapter 16 - Quality control and quality assurance in preimplantation genetic diagnosis

from Section 2 - Procedures used in preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2009

Joyce Harper
Affiliation:
University College London
Get access

Summary

In the context of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), the quality system exists to ensure the quality of service that is the delivery of accurate and reliable genetic test results from human preimplantation embryos. In this chapter, these components are classified as follows: organization, personnel, facilities and safety, equipment, process control, process validation, documentation, adverse events, assessments, service and satisfaction, and process improvement. The chapter refers PGD as a process in combination with in vitro fertilization (IVF), involving the removal of one or two cells from an embryo and the subsequent testing of those cells for specific genetic disorders, characteristics, or chromosome number with a view to targeted embryo selection. It considers the individual components of the quality system with respect to the three phases of testing such as pre-analytic, analytic, and postanalytic. Finally, the chapter presents limited specific examples to illustrate some quality principles.
Type
Chapter
Information
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×