Do Modern IVF Labs Provide a Real Benefit?

Yes! Alpha Environmental, Inc. has worked with clients who want to insure that their IVF laboratory suite is a “state of the art” facility, as verified by commissioning and maintained to that high standard. Alpha has collaborated with three facilities that we designed and commissioned to conduct a retrospective study. These studies demonstrated a statistically significant increase in pregnancy rates in two facilities and a statistically significant increase in implantation rates for all three facilities. A summary of our results appears below:

The practice of Dr. James Goldfarb, Medical Director, and Dr. Nina Desai, Laboratory Director of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Beachwood, Ohio has gone from an uncontrolled IVF laboratory in a busy surgical suite, to an isolated, modern IVF laboratory. The results showed a statistically significant increase in their permanency rates and implantation rates for all patient age groups. The data for all patients is shown below:

Dr. Jacques Stassart, Medical Director, and Dr. G. David Ball, Laboratory Director of Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Associates in Woodbury, Minnesota showed a statistically significant increase in their implantation rates. An increase in their pregnancy rate was seen but it was not statistically significant. The data for all patients is shown below:

Dr. Sangita Jindal, Laboratory Director of The Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health in Hartsdale, New York also had a similar increase in pregnancy and implantation rates. The data for all patients is shown below: