Valoración de los indicadores de calidad de ASEBIR y Consenso de Viena para el laboratorio de embriología: opinión de los usuarios

Abstract

Introduction

With the publication of the standard UNE 179007:2013, quality indicators (QIs) for the Assisted Human Reproduction Laboratory (AHRL) were standardised. Subsequently, in 2017 a committee of experts from the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and Alpha Scientists in Reproductive Medicine published quality indicators for the Embryology Laboratory under the Vienna Consensus (VC). This work seeks to know the opinion of clinical embryologists on the UNE 179007:2013 and CV ICs, assessing their usefulness and the possible need to introduce new ICs.

Material and methods

A survey were developed and sent to potential participants through the ASEBIR website, with access from July 2018 to April 2019. In this survey, participants were asked to evaluate the CIs of UNE 179007:2013, and to express their opinion on the usefulness of introducing new indicators that are not currently being used. In addition, twelve of the CIs assessed in the CV and their proposed specifications were evaluated in the survey.

Results

Twenty-eight participants from Assisted Reproduction centres responded to the survey. Of these, 87.5% indicated that they use CIs in their daily practice. Only 29% found the current IC of «percentage of progressive motile sperm recovery»useful. Sixty-one percent of the centres proposed replacing it with «percentage of motile sperm after EMR» without referring to the initial values. Regarding the incorporation of new indicators, the most voted CIs were «percentage of eSET» (96% in favour) and «percentage of embryos transferred». Most of the CIs proposed in the CV are positively valued by the respondents, who are in favour of their use.

Conclusion

Our results support an update of the UNE 179007:2013 QIs, both improving some of the current ones and incorporating new QIs resulting from the QC.