A local clinic has agreed to receive frozen storage embryos from other clinics, however, they insist that the donating family follow FDA regulations regarding blood work. What does this mean?
if (!isNS4) {document.write(”);} Current ASRM/FDA recommended blood tests include: HIV I & II, HTLV I & II, Hepatitis B surface antigen, Hepatitis B Core Antibody (IgG/IgM), Hepatitis C Antibody, RPR (Syphilis), CMV IgG/IgM, Gonorrhea/Chlamydia culture, Blood Typing, and Rh factor. The FDA requires that parents who create embryos on or after May 25, 2005 must have their blood screened twice for infectious diseases. The first screen is done at the time of collection/creation and the second screen must be done at least six months later. This is to ensure that no infectious diseases were contracted during the month or two preceding the collection, which would not have shown up on the first screen. Parents who created embryos before May 25, 2005 are recommended to have this second screening done, but there is no FDA requirement. However, most clinics who agree to accept embryos from other clinics will require a second screening, even if they embryos were created far before May 25, 2005. I
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