Built for you
The building has been designed with a focus on your journey with us; we are well aware this is a difficult and emotional process for our patients and we want to make sure you are cared for in surroundings which are as comfortable, caring and sympathetic as possible.
The environment promotes the highest standards of expertise and safety and includes:
- a theatre suite and recovery area
- three scan and consultation rooms
- a ‘quiet’ room for counselling or when you need to discuss any aspect of your treatment in depth
- a suite of laboratories and cryostore
- comfortable and private sample production rooms
The building provides what few units anywhere can match in terms equipment, safety and clinical processes. Our sophisticated laboratory suite has been fitted out with the very best in leading-edge technology, including the latest and most reliable equipment currently available, to prevent risk, improve efficiency and give the best possible platform to help you conceive.
Ensuring safety
Safety and confidence in our processes are built into the DNA of Cambridge IVF. We have an electronic system in place to constantly monitor key parameters such as the temperature of our incubators, fridges and freezers and even the quality of the air inside the laboratory. This ensures that we protect your developing embryos in every way possible. Should a problem arise outside of normal working hours, the system will call us at home and let us know.
We are one of the pioneers in the use of a technology called RI Witness – a robust identification system designed to eliminate the risk of errors in the IVF laboratory. The system is based on having your own card which essentially becomes the ‘key’ to your treatment. We use this to ‘unlock’ the system and transfer your embryos which grow in culture dishes electronically tagged exclusively to you. In this way, you own and control your treatment cycle. We know how important security and confidence are to you and we have taken every possible step to demonstrate to you that the safety and exclusivity of your developing embryos is our primary concern.