Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 53

Following a negative postvasectomy wet preparation, the specimen should be:

A. Centrifuged and reexamined

B. Stained and reexamined

C. Reported as no sperm seen

D. Both A and B

Step 1 of 2

Post-vasectomy wet preparation:

The post-vasectomy semen analysis is the process of analyzing the existence or nonexistence of spermatozoa in semen through phase microscopy.

• This test checks whether any viable sperm is available in post-vasectomy patient or not.

• This test must be performed regularly until the result of two consecutive specimens shows no spermatozoa.

• A negative wet preparation in post-vasectomy should be followed by specimen centrifugation for 10 minutes and sediment examination.

Therefore, negative post-vasectomy wet preparation should be “centrifuged” and “reexamined” Hence, the correct answer is option “”.