Modern IVF laboratories face tail-risk scenarios where rare equipment or data failures can affect hundreds of patients. Mitigating these threats requires a shift from relying on human alertness to preventive work resilience. Accreditation standards govern changes, while automated technologies such as weight-based cryostorage monitoring and electronic witnessing protect the identity, viability, and genetic integrity of patients' specimens.
Halicigil et al. (Tue,) studied this question.