Donor
Sperm
Cyrobanks

For IUI Cycles we recommend that our patients order:

• 2 ICI or IUI ready vials
• ICI vials are not washed through gradient. These vials may contain more debris and dead sperm. However, they tend to be cheaper, and may have a higher count.
• IUI ready vials are more expensive, they are washed through gradient to remove debris and most dead sperm, though they may have a slightly lower count.

**Regardless of vial type ALL vials are washed at IRMS prior to insemination with a simple wash procedure to remove cryoprotectant.

For IVF, we recommend that the patient order:

• 2 vials of unwashed (ICI) donor eligible sperm.
• IVF only or ART vials are NOT indicated for order (if they are the only vials remaining of that donor, consult with embryology before a patient orders them).

Sample Delivery

Hand-delivery: Samples are accepted by the IRMS Andrology Lab via hand-delivery Monday-Friday, from 8 am-12 pm.

Shipped: For samples that are shipped to IRMS directly from the Cryobank, they must be ordered for delivery between Monday-Thursday.

Important notes:

• IVF-only vials cannot be used for IUI.
• We do not recommend that our patients purchase sperm vials that were frozen before May of 2005, as this is when FDA regulations changed for “Donor Eligible” status. Vials frozen prior to 2005 are considered “Not Evaluated for Infectious Substances” due to lack of FDA required testing for SARS, West Nile Virus and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, as well as a lack of infectious disease testing by NAT (nucleic-acid amplification).