CAP Pro Course - Urinalysis - Semen Analysis

Continuing Education Credits

• P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours: 1 hour(s)
• Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science CE Credit Hours -
  General (Clinical Chemistry/UA/Toxicology): 1 hour(s)

Objectives

• Identify preanalytic considerations that will ensure an optimal specimen for analysis.
• Identify the characteristics of semen that should be noted and documented during the macroscopic examination of the sample.
• Identify the characteristics of semen that should be noted and documented during the initial microscopic examination of the sample.
• Explain the techniques necessary to perform an accurate manual sperm concentration and count.
• Identify normal and abnormal spermatozoa and other elements that may be observed on the stained slide.

Course Outline

• Identify preanalytic considerations that will ensure an optimal specimen for analysis.
• Physiology of Semen Production and Semen Composition
• Collection and Transport of Specimens for Semen Analysis
• Specimen Collection Information
• Failure to include the first part of the ejaculate in specimen collection can result in which of the following?
• A patient delivered a semen sample to the laboratory. The medical laboratory technician immediately rejected the sample. Which sample collection scena...
• Identify the characteristics of semen that should be noted and documented during the macroscopic examination of the sample.
• Semen Viscosity and Liquefaction
• Semen Color, Appearance, pH, and Volume
• Lisa is a newly graduated medical laboratory scientist who has just completed her training/orientation at a medical center laboratory. While on her sh...
• A sample received in the laboratory is not liquefying properly after 60 minutes of sitting at room temperature. The medical laboratory scientist will ...
• Identify the characteristics of semen that should be noted and documented during the initial microscopic examination of the sample.
• Initial Microscopic Examination of Semen Specimens
• Initial Microscopic Examination of Semen Specimens, continued
• Sperm Motility
• Sperm Motility, continued
• Replication and Verification of Sperm Motility Assessment
• Progressive Motility (Video Profile)
• Non-Progressive Motility (Video Profile)
• Immotile Spermatozoa (Video Profile)
• Sperm Viability
• Lisa, a newly hired and trained medical laboratory scientist, stained a semen sample with an eosin-nigrosin stain to observe for sperm viability. Upon...
• Which tests are recommended if a low percent motility is noted?
• Explain the techniques necessary to perform an accurate manual sperm concentration and count.
• Sperm Count and Concentration
• Sperm Count and Concentration, continued
• Sperm Count and Concentration, continued
• Azoospermia, Cryptozoospermia, and Post-Vasectomy Semen Specimens
• Round Cells
• What does an increase in spermatids indicate?
• What term is defined as the number of sperm/mL in a sample?
• Identify normal and abnormal spermatozoa and other elements that may be observed on the stained slide.
• Assessing Sperm Morphology
• Assessing Sperm Morphology, continued
• Assessing Sperm Morphology, continued
• Examples of Abnormal Sperm Morphology
• Leukocytes and Spermatids (Round Cells)
• What test can be used to differentiate granulocytes from spermatids?
• Which of the following depicts a sperm with a pinhead?
• References
• References

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