Research Article
Implementation of World Health Organization Recommendations for Semen Analysis: A Survey of Laboratories in the United Kingdom
Table 4
Quality control in the laboratory.
| | Quality control | Group 1 (n = 38) | Group 2 (n = 17) | Group 3 (n = 42) | Group 4 (n = 9) |
| | Q16. Does your laboratory take part in the United Kingdom NEQAS assessment? | 100% | 94% | 98% | 89% | | Q16a. Does your laboratory implement the exact same method of assessment for the patient samples, as they do for the United Kingdom NEQAS samples? | 95% | 87.5% | 88% | 87.5% | | Q17. Does your laboratory have internal quality controls in place? | 100% | 100% | 90.5% | 56% |
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Group 1: UKAS only; Group 2: UKAS and HFEA; Group 3: HFEA only; Group 4: No accreditation.
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