Damages at Japanese assisted reproductive technology clinics by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake of 2011.

Authors :: Ishihara O
Yoshimura Y
Source :: Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril] 2011 Jun 30; Vol. 95 (8), pp. 2568-70. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jun 08.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake of 2011 and consequent tsunami affected many IVF clinics in northeastern Japan. Twelve clinics lost at least one embryo, but all the frozen embryos stored in liquid nitrogen tanks were safe. Emergency power supply is the first priority issue in an unpredictable natural disaster.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Cryopreservation
Disaster Planning
Electric Power Supplies
Embryo Culture Techniques
Embryo Transfer
Equipment Failure
Humans
Japan
Time Factors
Civil Defense
Disasters
Earthquakes
Health Facilities
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted instrumentation
Tsunamis

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