Return to ART practices – The post-coronavirus disease era

Hrishikesh D. Pai; Manisha Takhtani Kundnani; Nandita Patil Palshetkar; Rohan Palshetkar; Pooja Mehta; Sunita Arora; Meenu Handa; Arnav Pai

doi:10.25259/JRHM_49_2020

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Return to ART practices – The post-coronavirus disease era

Hrishikesh D. Pai¹, Manisha Takhtani Kundnani², Nandita Patil Palshetkar¹, Rohan Palshetkar³, Pooja Mehta⁴, Sunita Arora⁵, Meenu Handa⁵, Arnav Pai³

1Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

2Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Fertility Square, Mumbai, Maharashtra

3Department of Infertility, D Y Patil IVF Centre Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra

4Department of Infertility, Fortis Bloom IVF Centre, Chandigarh, Punjab

5Department of Infertility, Fortis Bloom IVF Centre, New Delhi, India

*Corresponding author: Manisha Takhtani Kundnani, Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Fertility Square, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. manishatakhtani@gmail.com

Received: 2020-11-30, Accepted: 2021-01-20, Published: 2021-02-22

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How to cite this article: Pai HD, Kundnani MT, Palshetkar NP, Palshetkar R, Mehta P, Arora S, et al. Return to ART practices – The post-COVID era. J Reprod Healthc Med 2021;2(Suppl_1):S2-S6.

Abstract

Objectives:

The objectives of the study were to analyze the prevalence of coronavirus disease (COVID) real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positivity among asymptomatic patients undergoing infertility treatment.

Materials and Methods:

This was an observational study done in five centers in five different cities in India, analyzing the prevalence of COVID RT-PCR-positive rates among asymptomatic patients willing to undergo infertility treatment. All patients underwent triage and COVID RT-PCR testing as per the national guidelines. Patients tested positive for COVID RT-PCR were advised to discontinue treatment.

Results:

The overall prevalence of COVID RT-PCR positivity in low-risk patients undergoing infertility treatment was found to be low. The incidence of COVID RT-PCR positivity in staff and doctors providing infertility care and not dealing directly with COVID-positive patients was observed to be 10.7%.

Conclusion:

The overall prevalence of the virus in asymptomatic people is low and elective procedure like assisted reproduction technology can be carried out with all precautions and sanitization protocols in place.