Effective Monday 9 September, Pathlab will be working in accordance with the 2016 British Andrology Society laboratory guidelines for post-vasectomy semen analysis. This will see a change to only performing a direct microscopy and proceed with a sperm count when only non-motile sperm are seen. There will be no centrifuged spun deposit examination.
As with Pathlab current seminal fluid testing, this is outside Pathlab's scope of practise for IANZ accreditation.
The laboratory will report:
The laboratory cannot give clearance or special clearance on any samples. This is primarily the responsibility of the surgeon or referring clinician and therefore no advice can be given.
Annually, thousands of youth in communities across the Waikato region struggle to access health care services, restricted by barriers such as cost, lack of transport and fear of talking to a health care professional.
Read morePathlab has seen increasing instances of STI associated e-ordering leading to incorrect specimen collected, incorrect testing, and the need for specimen recollects. Investigation has shown the underlying causes to be multifactorial but one of the primary causes has been the inability to request chlamydia / gonorrhoea / trichomonas testing from multiple body sites at the same time. After consultation with colleagues in sexual health clinics and the community, Pathlab is introducing a new STI Screening tab on the e-ordering system.
Read moreThis programme provides funding for contraceptive consultation including administration of Depo Provera, and the insertion of contraceptive implants and IUDs to target populations. Vasectomies for priority men are funded under this programme.
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