The effect of surgical glove powder on cleavage of two-cell mouse embryos in an in vitro fertilization programme

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dc.contributor.authorKruger, T. F.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCronje, H. S.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorStander, F. S. H.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMenkveld, R.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorConradie, E.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-18T14:57:36Z
dc.date.available2011-03-18T14:57:36Z
dc.date.issued1985
dc.descriptionCITATION: Kruger, T. F. et al. 1985. The effect of surgical glove powder on cleavage of two-cell mouse embryos in an in vitro fertilization programme. South African Medical Journal, 67:241 - 242.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstractThe effect of surgical glove powder on the development of early mouse embryos was studied. Embryos from F1 hybrid mice (C57 B1/6 x CBA) were suspended in Whittingham's T6 growth medium with 10% human serum, using Petri dishes (Falcon 3001). Contamination was brought about by a sterile, powdered, surgical glove touching the surface of the growth medium for less than a second in group I, and in group II the same procedure was followed but the glove was rinsed beforehand with sterile, four times distilled water and air-dried. In the control group (group III) no contamination with surgical glove powder occurred. In group I only 9 of 137 embryos (7%) reached the blastocyst stage, in contrast with 110 of 196 (56%) in group II and 258 of 287 (90%) in group III. The differences in results between groups I and III, groups I and II, and groups II and III were found to be statistically significant (P < 0.001) by the chi-square test. It is concluded that surgical gloves are a potent inhibitor of early embryonic growth. In an in vitro fertilization programme including follicle aspiration and embryo transfer, contamination of embryos with these gloves should be avoided at all costs.
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dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7524
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Group
dc.rights.holderSouth African Medical Journal
dc.subjectFertilization in vitroen_ZA
dc.titleThe effect of surgical glove powder on cleavage of two-cell mouse embryos in an in vitro fertilization programmeen_ZA
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