Dubai Fertility Center was able to renew global accreditation from the Canadian International Reproductive Health Authority for “Diamond Category”, to be the first and only government center in the world to achieve this accreditation for the second consecutive time, after applying for the requirements to achieve this category, which is considered the highest category given to laboratories by medically assisted reproduction centers.
The accreditation reflects the distinguished services provided by the center in accordance with international standards used in specialized centers, which contribute to increasing patient safety and safe handling of human samples at all stages of treatment using medically assisted reproductive technologies.
The Managing Director of the Specialized Health Care Sector at Dubai Health Authority, Dr. Ahmed bin Kalban, confirmed that the center is one of the most important centers in the country contributing to various initiatives to improve the results of low fertility indicators among different nationalities from around the world, as it applies the best treatment protocols and practices in the field of fertility To raise pregnancy rates and improve reproductive health that exceed global rates in this area.
For her part, Director of Dubai Fertility Center, Hana Tahawara, said that the center’s achievement of the accreditation came after a review and audit process by experts specialized in fertilization services from the Canadian authority, which focused on the specialized professional and technical aspects, medical devices and equipment , and to ensure the scope of the Center’s commitment to implement the criteria and conditions necessary to achieve accreditation, in addition to implementing a program of field visits to assess the readiness of the embryology laboratory at headquarters for the new building of the Center, and holding workshops to explain the requirements and criteria for accreditation renewal, and the issuance of the international accreditation certificate last June.
She reviewed the evaluation results achieved by the center, which exceeded expectations and enabled the center to obtain a certificate of excellence in the “diamond category” with a rate of 98.8% over a period of three years, after obtaining accreditation for the first time in 2016 . She referred to the criteria on which the accreditation program focuses, including: Management, the quality of work processes in the fertilizer laboratory, as well as the quality and work processes of the various services in the center in general, in a way that ensures the upgrading of the quality of services provided in compliance with international standards to achieve global recognition.
The evaluation also focused on the extent of the center’s commitment to implementing the 484 standards, as it was able to achieve the highest level of application of the management standards with 100% of the 112 standards, and to achieve the highest level of results of the application of technical standards related to all treatments, working procedures and fields in the embryology laboratory of For Dubai Fertility Center for 372 criteria, the center achieved a result of 97.60%.
Tahawara emphasized that the standards of the Canadian authority help health service providers to meet requests for expertise in reproductive health, maintain quality and patient safety, and improve and increase the efficiency of the general execution of various work policies with high quality, which helps to reduce the level of risk and ensure the requirements for the safe handling of samples, human or fertilized embryos, with the highest degree of care and safety.
Accreditation reflects the center’s services in accordance with the standards used in specialized centers.
Dr. Ahmed bin Kalban:
“The center is one of the most important specialized medical centers leading the way in the provision of medical assistance for pregnancy and childbirth.”
Hana Tahawara:
“The center’s achievement of accreditation came after a review and revision process by experts specialized in fertility services.”
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