Implementation of World Health Organization Recommendations for Semen Analysis: A Survey of Laboratories in the United Kingdom

Table 2

The purpose of laboratory semen analysis.

Purpose of semen analysis	Group 1 (n = 38)	Group 2 (n = 17)	Group 3 (n = 42)	Group 4 (n = 9)
Diagnostic test of male infertility	100%	100%	76%	100%
To select which assisted conception procedure to use	18%	65%	86%	44%
Sperm donor work-up	16%	59%	50%	11%
Other (e.g., post-vasectomy analysis)	13%	12%	5%	11%

Group 1: UKAS only; Group 2: UKAS and HFEA; Group 3: HFEA only; Group 4: no accreditation. Significantly different from Group 1.