Training of Clinical Technologists to Support Assisted Reproductive Technology Services at Our Hospital

VernacularTitle:当院における生殖補助医療支援臨床検査技師の育成
Author: Yasuo ITO ¹ ; Jun ICHIKAWA ¹ ; Hidemi TSUGA ¹ ; Akari ASAMI ¹ ; Yuka HAYASHI ¹ ; Yasushi MATSUKAWA ² ; Kazuhiro HIGUCHI ² ; Naoko NISHIMURA ³ ; Masahiko SOUDA ¹
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1. Clinical Laboratory, Konan Kosei Hospital
2. Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konan Kosei Hospital
3. Dept. of Pediatrics, Konan Kosei Hospita
From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2025;73(6):613-619
CountryJapan
Language:ja
Abstract: Since 2005, one of our clinical technologists has been involved in providing assisted reproductive technology (ART) services ranging from egg retrieval to embryo transfer, which were previously performed only by doctors at our hospital. In 2011, the clinical technologist was certified as a clinical embryologist by the Japanese Society of Clinical Embryologists. Around 2020, insurance coverage for ART related to infertility treatment began to be considered. Consequently, the training and development of ART-supporting clinical technologists became an urgent issue. In response, we developed a training program for ART-supporting clinical technologists that covers egg retrieval assistance, fertilization, culture, embryo freezing/thawing, and embryo transfer. By the end of fiscal year 2022, we had successfully trained two new ARTsupporting clinical technologists, bringing the total to three.