A systematic review of assisted and third-party reproduction guidelines regarding management and care of donors

Table 2 Screening tests recommended by different guidelines for the potential gamete/embryo donors

*	Name	Medical history	Physical exam	Infectious disease screening								Genetic screening	Psychosocial screening	Additional tests
*	Name	Medical history	Physical exam	HIV	HBV	HCV	Syphilis	HTLV	CMV	Gonorrhea	Chlamydia	Genetic screening	Psychosocial screening	Additional tests
1	Guidelines for counselling in infertility [43]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
2	Psychological guidelines for embryo donation [44]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
3	Assisted Human Reproduction Counselling Practice Guidelines [45]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
4	Guidelines for the Donation of Gametes and Embryos, Surrogacy and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis [46]	+	-	All donors	All donors	All donors	Sperm donor	Sperm donor	Sperm donor	Sperm donor	Sperm donor	+	+	Blood test
5	Guidelines for Third Party Reproduction [47]	+	+	All donors	All donors	All donors	All donors	Male embryo donor	Male donor	Female donor	-	+	+	ABO Rh, Trachomatis female donors, Ovarian reserve tests
6	UK guidelines for the medical and laboratory procurement and use of sperm, oocyte and embryo donors [48]	+	+	All donors	All donors	All donors	All donors	All donors	All donors	All donors	All donors	+	-	Additional viral infections test
7	Guidance regarding gamete and embryo donation [30]	+	+	All donors	All donors	All donors	All donors	Male donor	Male donor	+	+	+	+	-
8	Code of practice (9th edition) [34]	+	+	All donors	All donors	All donors	All donors	Based on history	Based on history	-	Sperm donor	+	+	Additional infectious disease test

(‘+’ means that there are recommendations in the guideline about this topic, ‘- ‘means that this topic has not been mentioned in the guideline)

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