Screening donors for sexually transmitted disease in donor insemination clinics in the UK. A survey. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1989. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Screening donors for sexually transmitted disease in donor insemination clinics in the UK. A survey.

Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1989 Apr;96(4):461-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/89323029
Barratt CL; Monteiro EF; Chauhan M; Cooke S; Cooke ID; Harris Birthright Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jessop Hospital for; Women, Sheffield.

Abstract: A survey conducted amongst the 40 donor insemination centres in the UK registered by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) showed that most of the clinics had no structured policy for control of common (non-HIV) sexually transmitted diseases within their programmes.
Keywords: Great Britain Human *Insemination, Artificial *Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous Male Mass Screening Questionnaires Semen/MICROBIOLOGY Sexually Transmitted Diseases/MICROBIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/ TRANSMISSION Sperm Banks/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN Tissue Banks/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN JOURNAL ARTICLE

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