دورية أكاديمية
Safety issues in semen banks during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from a European survey
| العنوان: | Safety issues in semen banks during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from a European survey |
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| المؤلفون: | Marchiani S., Dabizzi S., Degl'Innocenti S., Fino M. G., Torcia M. G., Paoli D., Lombardo F., Ciccone N., Pollini S., Rossolini G. M., Vignozzi L., Krausz C., Baldi E. |
| المساهمون: | Marchiani, S., Dabizzi, S., Degl'Innocenti, S., Fino, M. G., Torcia, M. G., Paoli, D., Lombardo, F., Ciccone, N., Pollini, S., Rossolini, G. M., Vignozzi, L., Krausz, C., Baldi, E. |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH ONE NEW YORK PLAZA, SUITE 4600, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | Sapienza Università di Roma: CINECA IRIS |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Safety, SARS-CoV-2, Semen bank, Sexual transmission, Survey, Human, Pandemic, RNA, Messenger, Semen, Surveys and Questionnaire, COVID-19 |
| الوصف: | Purpose: We performed a survey among European semen banks enquiring safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic. We report the experience from a center searching SARS-CoV-2 mRNA in semen of patients undergoing cryopreservation from May 2020 to January 2021. Methods: A questionnaire was submitted to accredited semen banks of the European Academy of Andrology (EAA) and the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS). A total of 22 centers answered to the survey. SARS-CoV-2 mRNA in semen was evaluated by RT-PCR in 111 subjects banking in the Semen Bank of Careggi University Hospital (Florence, Italy). Results: No particularly drastic safety measures were adopted by the majority of the centers to prevent the risk of contamination or transmission of the virus. The most common strategy (77.3%) was the administration of an anamnestic questionnaire. About half of the centers request a negative nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) before cryopreservation. Few centers use a quarantine tank, in case of late response of NPS, and only 4 store in a dedicated tank in case of infection. SARS-CoV-2 mRNA was not found in 111 semen samples cryopreserved in the Florentine bank. Conclusions: European semen banks use different measures to handle semen samples for cryopreservation during COVID-19 pandemic. The request of NPS is advised to better manage couples undergoing ART and to protect the personnel operating in the bank/ART center. Finally, due to the areas of uncertainties of an almost unknown virus, it is absolutely recommended the use of safe devices for sample handling and storage. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/35075607; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000746306800002; volume:45; issue:5; firstpage:973; lastpage:980; numberofpages:8; journal:JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION; http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1631981Test; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85123462581 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40618-021-01728-9 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01728-9Test http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1631981Test |
| حقوق: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.5BC6BC99 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40618-021-01728-9 |
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