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ArticleJournal of endocrinological investigation2022

Safety issues in semen banks during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from a European survey.

S Marchiani, S Dabizzi, S Degl'Innocenti, M G Fino, M G Torcia, D Paoli, F Lombardo, N Ciccone, S Pollini, G M Rossolini and 3 more

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Article in Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

S MarchianiAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy. sara.marchiani@unifi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-8626
S DabizziAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy.
S Degl'InnocentiAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy.
M G FinoAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy.
M G TorciaAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy.
D PaoliLaboratory of Seminology-"Loredana Gandini" Sperm Bank, Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy.
F LombardoLaboratory of Seminology-"Loredana Gandini" Sperm Bank, Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy.
N CicconeClinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy.
S PolliniDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134, Florence, Italy.
G M RossoliniDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134, Florence, Italy.
L VignozziAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy.
C KrauszAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy.
E BaldiAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITMarconi University · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe 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.

methodsA 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).

resultsNo 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.

conclusionsEuropean 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.

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COVID-19HumansPandemicsRNA, MessengerSARS-CoV-2SemenSurveys and QuestionnairesRNA, MessengerSafetySARS-CoV-2Semen bankSexual transmissionSurvey

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PMID35075607
PMCPMC8786452
OpenAlexW4207019770

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