Why
choose the
“IVF Centers Prof. Zech”
for your
fertility treatment?
The “IVF Centers Prof. Zech”
are a leading group of private clinics in Europe that have committed themselves
to excellence and aim at helping couples to realize their desire to have children.
In order to assist you in conceiving a healthy child as early as the “first treatment-cycle” if possible,
we perform at the highest level and use all reasonable means available
while always giving priority to the safety and health of all persons involved in the process.
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Questions
you should ask
your fertility center
1. Does the team of the center actually work 7 days a week?
It is only if the entire team works at weekends, too, that you can actually
provide a basis for an intended blastocyst culture and can therefore say
“Yes” to this specific procedure.
-- Egg retrieval on Monday Transfer on Saturday
-- Egg retrieval on Tuesday Transfer on Sunday
-- Follicular punctures should also be possible
at weekends and on public holidays
2.
How many people are on the team?
How many medical doctors and biologists are currently working
at the center? Larger teams ensure a continuous high quality level and
are able to provide optimum patient care during weekends and public
holidays, too.
3. How experienced are the doctors and staff members at your chosen center?
The long-term experience of the entire team is decisive for successfully performing blastocyst selection.
4. How many “Elective Single Embryo Transfers” have been performed so far?
Does the team aim at avoiding the occurrence of multiple pregnancies by providing counseling
with respect to “Elective Single Embryo Transfer” (safety for mother and child)?
5. Has the clinic implemented a certified quality management?
-- In house quality manager
-- Certifications
-- Documentation software
6. Does the clinic perform the IMSI procedure correctly?
-- Technically not a “minimal version” of it
-- Do they use the best technical devices in accordance with the latest scientific findings?
-- Did they establish a system to clearly classify the IMSI results?
7. Does the clinic apply a safe freezing technique
-- Efficiency and safety, e.g. vitrification using “VitriSafe”
-- Is the clinic in a position to perform cryopreservation at all stages of embryonic
development – incl. unfertilized ova?
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8. Is the presence of a fetal heartbeat primarily decisive in order to classify a treatment as successful
or is it sufficient to have a “positive pregnancy test”?
-- Does the clinic keep track of the progress of each couple’s pregnancy?
-- Does the clinic collect data on birth and state of health of the children?
9. Does the clinic offer their staff members training programs?
-- Do they continually and critically analyze new scientific evidence
and consider and adopt such findings as treatment standards?
-- Do they make it compulsory for their employees to take part in international conferences?
-- Do their employees give lectures at international congresses?
-- Do the employees regularly present their scientific papers to an expert audience?
10.Do they offer proper training for new staff members?
-- Clearly structured training programs
-- Personnel development as a living process
-- Promoting cooperation, extending individual horizons and increasing flexibility
-- Developing creative powers
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Locations
The “IVF Centers Prof. Zech”
are a family-run group of fertility clinics headquartered in Bregenz (A).
Austria
Bregenz
Salzburg
Italy
Merano
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Czech Republic
Pilsen
Switzerland
Niederuzwil
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Partner institutes
Nigeria
Belgium
pilsen
Germany
Czech Republic
Salzburg
niederuzwil
bregenz
meranO
vaduz
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
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Services
You are in good hands
•IVF
•Oocyte Activation
•Egg Donation
•ICSI
•Ultrasonic Folliculometry
•Cryopreservation
•IMSI
via 3D-imaging for
(ova, pronuclei, embryos,
•PICSI
exact volume count
blastocysts, semen)
•Blastocyst Selection
•Assisted Hatching
•Pre-Implantation Diagnostics:
(also by means of
•Spindle View
PKD (PBD), PGD, PGS using FISH, time lapse analysis)
•In Vitro Maturation
PCR and CGH (e.g. 24Sure)
•ISME-T
for the diagnosis of aneuploidies,
•Contract for IVF-Fund (A)
translocations,
•Sperm Donation
monogenetic diseases,
HLA typing
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Experience
Quality through size and experience
> 120 Employees
> 25 medical doctors
in the fields of reproductive medicine
and genetics
> 50 biologists
and technical/scientific
staff members
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Experience
= 10 Babies
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To date, the IVF Centers Prof. Zech have assisted couples in realizing their dream by enabling the
birth of more than 25.000 babies.
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The IVF Centers Prof. Zech aim to be the
most renowned treatment provider
with regard to
fertility issues,
an unfulfilled desire for a child
and fertility preservation
with the
highest possible chance
of an intact pregnancy
and the birth of a healthy child.
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Principles
What matters
most to us
Well-being of patients
The compassionate, individual care
for patients makes a considerable
contribution to our above average
therapeutic success
State-of-the-art medicine
at the cutting edge of science
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The IVF Centers Prof. Zech have
significantly contributed to the
advancement of IVF techniques
Patient safety
Patient safety
is paramount
Ethical principles
are our first priority
We strictly adhere to the respective
national and international ethical and legal
framework conditions
Excellent team
of employees
Continuous medical, technical
and scientific training are the
best guarantee for satisfied patients
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Differentiating features
Always one step ahead
• Experience gained in many countries
with different legal provisions
• Well above-average baby-take-home rate is documented
• Application of the most advanced IVF techniques
• Consistent standards
• Scientific work evidenced by the ongoing publication of papers
in renowned journals
• International scientific networking and business partners
• Patents and technologies/technology platforms
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Application of the most advanced IVF techniques
1984
1997
1984
Foundation of the IVF Centers
as private clinics
1993
1997
First systematically performed
blastocyst culture and first vitrification
using VitriSafe in Austria.
First IVF unit world-wide to be awarded
the ISO certification.
1993
First successful ICSI
in Austria
2007
2008
First Sono-AVC
in Zech Center
2008
2007
The first to establish
a standardized IMSI procedure
To date...
• more than 25.000 babies were born after fertility treatment at the IVF Centers Prof. Zech
• 6 clinics in 5 European countries
• thousands of ICSIs have already been successfully performed
and more ICSI procedures are being added every day
• thousands of successfully realized IMSI procedures
• blastocyst culture including the selection of the best embryos for transfer and the vitrification technique
are permanent features of our daily work
• the Sono – AVC is currently used as routine procedure at all IVF Centers Prof. Zech
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Differentiating features
Documented well above-average baby-take-home rate
• Institutionalized national IVF register
with mandatory reporting requirement
(http://www.goeg.at/en/start.html)
• Central evaluation of 3-D Sono AVC
results for the optimal selection of follicles
• Optimum realization of
blastocyst cultures since 1997
• Intracytoplasmic morphologically
selected sperm injection (IMSI)
• Pre-implantation diagnostics:
PKD (PBD)/PGD/PGS (co-development of
new technologies through co-operations
and partnering) using FISH, PCR and CGH
(e.g. 24Sure) for the diagnosis of
aneuploidies, translocations, monogenetic diseases and HLA typing
• All centers are subject to
a central quality management
• Individual care for our patients plays a
key role at all our centers
• In house development and application
of the Dynamed software
(www.ima-systems.com)
• Job-rotation and continuous further
training within the IVF Centers Prof. Zech
• In house and external ring trials
• Regular training and lectures
via video conferences
• Mandatory participation of employees
in congresses and conferences
(incl. subsequent reporting)
Consistent standards
• 1997: The worldwide first DIN ISO 9001
certified IVF center
• Successful implementation of all the
requirements in accordance with the
EU Directive 2004/23 at all
IVF Centers Prof. Zech
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Networking
International scientific networking
and business partners
http://networking.ivf.at
Research
Scientific work evidenced by the
ongoing publication of papers
in renowned journals
http://science.ivf.at
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Left picture: City of Salzburg [photo © Tourismus Salzburg]
Upper picture: IVF Centers Prof. Zech – Bregenz (A)
Bottom picture: IVF Centers Prof. Zech – Pilsen (CZ)
IVF Centers Prof. Zech
IVF Centers Prof. Zech
IVF Centers Prof. Zech
Römerstrasse 2
A-6900 Bregenz
Tel. +43 5574 44 836
Fax +43 5574 44 836 -9
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ivf.at
Mühlgraben 9 Fossato Mollini
I-39012 Merano
Tel. +39 0473 256612
Fax +39 0473 239425
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.fivet-ivf.it
Bahnhofstrasse 123a
CH-9244 Niederuzwil
Tel. +41 71 950 1580
Fax +41 71 950 1581
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.fivet-ivf.ch
IVF Centers Prof. Zech
IVF Centers Prof. Zech
IVF Centers Prof. Zech
Innsbrucker Bundesstr. 35
A-5020 Salzburg
Tel. +43 662 9010 5000
Fax +43 662 9010 5009
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.kinderwunsch-salzburg.at
B. Smetany 2
CZ-30100 Pilsen
Tel. +420 377 279 350
Fax +420 377 279 352
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ivf-institut.cz
Zollstrasse 34
LI-9490 Vaduz
Tel. +423 237 6655
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ivf.li
Bregenz
Salzburg
Merano
Pilsen
Addresses
We are at your disposal throughout Europe
Niederuzwil
Vaduz
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It is not just a feeling – it is the facts that speak in favor of our centers!
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