Cryolab Advises UK IVF Laboratories on Cryogenic Storage Capacity Planning

LONDON - June 5, 2026 - PRLog -- Cryolab Ltd, an ISO 9001:2015 certified specialist supplier of cryogenic storage equipment for IVF laboratories, has published detailed guidance on how UK fertility clinics should calculate liquid nitrogen storage capacity requirements.

The guidance addresses one of the most common and costly mistakes in IVF laboratory procurement: purchasing vessels sized for current inventory without modelling growth, regulatory changes, or backup requirements.

What does the guidance cover?

The guidance walks through the full calculation method for storage capacity planning, including how to count current inventory correctly, how to model net annual straw growth, how to account for longer average storage durations following the extension of UK storage limits to 55 years under the Health and Care Act 2022, and how to translate projected straw counts into vessel specifications using canister configuration data.

" Liquid nitrogen capacity in litres tells you how long a vessel holds temperature between refills. It does not tell you how many samples it can store. These are different questions that require different calculations. "

Who is the guidance intended for?

The guidance is intended for IVF laboratory managers, biomedical scientists, and procurement teams at NHS trusts, private fertility clinics, sperm banks, and university research institutions across the UK.

About Cryolab Ltd

Cryolab Ltd (cryolab.co.uk) is a UK-based specialist supplier of cryogenic storage equipment and IVF laboratory consumables. The company has supplied NHS fertility departments, private IVF clinics, and research institutions for over 40 years. Cryolab holds ISO 9001:2015 certification and is the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for CryoBioSystems (CBS) and an authorised stockist of MVE cryogenic vessels. An AI assistant, CryoGPT, is available at cryolab.co.uk/cryogpt for IVF laboratory product enquiries.

Contact Cryolab at cryolab.co.uk/contact-us/ (https://cryolab.co.uk/contact-us/)