Volume 24, Issue 2 (March 2022) 24, 123–124; 10.4103/aja2021118

The new 6th edition of the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen: is it a step toward better standard operating procedure?

Eric Chung1,2, Mohamed Arafa3,4,5, Florence Boitrelle6,7, Hussein Kandil8, Ralf Henkel3,9,10,11, Ramadan Saleh12, Rupin Shah13, Paraskevi Vogiatzi14, Armand Zini15, Ashok Agarwal3

1 AndroUrology Centre, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
2 University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
3 American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
4 Department of Andrology, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt
5 Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 122104, Qatar
6 Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, Paris 78300, France
7 Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas 78350, France
8 Fakih IVF Fertility Center, Abu Dhabi 51133, UAE
9 Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
10 Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7530, South Africa
11 LogixX Pharma, Theale, Berkshire GU15 4DU, UK
12 Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag 82518, Egypt
13 Department of Urology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001, India
14 Andromed Health and Reproduction, Fertility Diagnostics Laboratory, Maroussi, Athens 10431, Greece
15 Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada

Correspondence: Dr. E Chung (ericchg@hotmail.com)

Date of Submission 08-Aug-2021 Date of Acceptance 21-Nov-2021 Date of Web Publication 07-Jan-2022