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Why do we need quality?
– Patient care – improved ART results
– Less random, more evidence based choice of treatment modalities
– Patient care – general health of men
– Detection of disorders with general threat to the health
– Evaluation of treatment attempts
– Development of Andrology Science
– Decrease the influence of random errors
– Allow the revelation of true effects
– Avoid the acceptance of false effects as true
– Allow standardization
– Translation of results between different centres
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What is WHO criteria?
– The WHO manual recommends laboratory techniques
– High degree of reliability
– Minimize influence of random errors
– ESHRE SIG Andrology recommendations 98% WHO
– A few points mainly needing further clarification or improvement
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– WHO reference limits must not be used uncritically
– Only data from recent fathers – no comparison with subfertile men
– No sharp limits between fertile and subfertile men (Ford 2010)
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