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Test Code SEM SEMEN ANALYSIS

Important Note

  • Testing available by appointment only, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (excluding holidays)
  • The Patient must contact the Logan Health Medical Center Laboratory at 406-752-1737 to schedule an appointment. Services are provided by appointment only.
  • The instruction sheet for specimen collection is below. The Physician’s office must provide and review the instruction sheet with each patient.
  • The patient will complete and present to the Laboratory when arriving for their appointment.
  • Per LHMC Laboratory Policy, all laboratory test orders for Semen Analysis are required to be in the name of the Male Patient.

Semen Collection Patient/Practice Instructions

Methodology

SPERMALITETM/SQA-V Gold with Light Microscopy

  • Includes volume, appearance, liquefaction, viscosity, pH, WBC count, cells observed, motility, morphology, total sperm count, and progressively motile sperm count.
  • Performed as part of a comprehensive infertility investigation or as a follow-up to a vasovasostomy.

Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive within 30 minutes of collection.

 

Container/Tube: Sterile container(s), #6004913 or Seminal Fluid Collection Kit
Specimen Volume: Total ejaculate
Collection Instructions:

  • Collect specimen following a 2 to 7 day period of sexual abstinence. 
  • Do not refrigerate.
  • Keep specimen as close to 37° C (body temperature) as possible during transport. 
  • Deliver directly to laboratory.

 

Semen Collection Patient/Practice Instructions

Specimen Rejection

  1. Specimen Collected in inappropriate container for transport
  2. Contaminated specimen
  3. Specimen at unacceptable temperature

Specimen Retention Time

4 hours

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. (excluding holidays)

Maximum Laboratory Time

2 hours

Reference Values

Volume: ≥2.0 mL
Appearance: gray-opalescent

Liquefaction: ≤60 minutes

Viscosity: minor-moderate

pH: ≥7.2

WBC: ≤1 M/mL

Progressive motility: ≥50%

Morphology: ≥15% normal

Total sperm concentration: ≥20 million/mL

Progressive motile sperm concentration: ≥10 million/mL

Performing Laboratory

Logan Health Medical Center Laboratory

Test Classification and CPT Coding

89320

Specimen Stability & Transport Temperature

37° C