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

Table 5

Comments included on report if values are outside of normal range.

Report comments	Group 1 (n = 38)	Group 2 (n = 17)	Group 3 (n = 42)	Group 4 (n = 9)
This sample suitable for ICSI treatment	0%	29%	64%	22%
Referral to a fertility clinic	13%	23.5%	36%	11%
Referral to a urologist	8%	35%	31%	11%
Below/out of parameter range	34%	12%	29%	33%
Repeat analysis	10.5%	23.5%	24%	22%
None	39.5%	18%	7%	22%

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