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Is quality assurance in semen analysis still really necessary? A clinician's viewpoint.

Jequier AM

PIVET Medical Centre, 166 Cambridge Street, Leederville, Western Australia 6014, Australia. ajequier@bigpond.net.au

Quality assurance in semen analysis is now a standard procedure in most andrology laboratories. This communication is now questioning its value in any clinical situation and as a consequence asks whether the effort and the expense of such a process is really worthwhile. It concludes that semen analysis needs only to be performed competently without the need for costly and time-consuming forms of quality assurance.

Published 18 July 2005 in Hum Reprod, 20(8): 2039-42.
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