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Review
. 2020 Aug;41(2):203-216.
doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.05.004. Epub 2020 May 18.

Managing and preventing blood-borne viral infection transmission in assisted reproduction: a Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society clinical practice guideline

Heather Shapiro  1 , Laila Zaman  2 , V Logan Kennedy  3 , Nicola Dean  4 , Mark H Yudin  5 , Mona Loutfy  6
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Managing and preventing blood-borne viral infection transmission in assisted reproduction: a Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society clinical practice guideline

Heather Shapiro et al. Reprod Biomed Online. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Fertility care providers have an obligation to provide safe and effective care to patients. When a user of assisted reproductive technology (ART) is living with a blood-borne viral infection (BBVI: HIV, hepatitis C or hepatitis B), physicians and ART laboratory personnel need to know the requirements for providing quality care. Recent developments in the treatment of BBVI and understanding of transmission have changed these requirements. This guideline from the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS) provides comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines for reducing horizontal transmission and cross-contamination in the ART setting.

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