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Where Consensus Exists (> 60%)
• All physicians participate in performing ET (98%)
• Tracking of individual practitioner success rates (94%)
• Allied health providers never perform ET (98%)
• Wash hands only (70%)
• Wear a mask (62%)
• US guidance for ET (93%)
• Nurse or allied health perform US for guidance (65%)
• Expel embryos in upper third of cavity (66%)
• Never get closer than 1 – 1.5cm to fundus (86%)
• Physician plunges syringe (vs. embryologist) (76%)
ET: Divided Opinions
• Standard protocol vs. individual preference (50% ‐ 50%)
• Routine use of relaxant: yes (47%), no (53%)
• ET technique: Mock trial immediately before transfer (40%), Afterload technique (30%), Direct transfer (27%)
• Warmed speculum: yes (54%), no (45%)
• Method to remove endo‐cervical mucus: cotton swab (26%), flush
(20%), both (30.5%)
• After plunging, the catheter is removed: immediately (31%), 5 – 10 seconds (33%), 30 seconds(22%), 1 minute (12%)
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