Infertility, defined as the inability to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse, affects 7.1% of couples with women of childbearing age in the US. [1] Requests for diagnosis and treatment of infertility continue to increase. Semen analysis (SA) is the primary test for the evaluation of male fertility. Despite the importance of SA, studies document that clinical laboratories have not always performed this test optimally because of a lack of standardization, quality control, proficiency testing (PT), and of updated training and continuing education. In the past, ...

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