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Given the nature of their applications, the transport of reproductive cells has peculiar quality and safety requirements that must be applied universally, minimizing the chance of error. To standardize the cross-border shipping procedure to meet the quality, traceability, and safety criteria for cells and tissues, it is appropriate to establish a unified process using the same tools, forms, and communication channels.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A working group has been created by SIERR. This \u201cFOCUS Group\u201d was constituted by representatives from Italian-assisted reproductive technology centers and sperm banks who worked together to define joint procedural steps and create specific forms to support the movement of cryopreserved samples.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The FOCUS Group identified the critical steps in the communication procedures between Italian centers and created the related forms: patient authorization, request from the recipient center, critical checks carried out by both sending and recipient centers, start of samples transfer, collection, transport and taking responsibility of the biological material, acknowledgment of samples arrival, and acknowledgement of any adverse event that occurred.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Indications on shipping between tissue institutions and legal responsibilities are important points and a working protocol with shared transport forms has been defined. Standard Operating Procedures are necessary in light of the increasingly widespread movement of biological samples between the various countries, and represent a valid means of support for the patients who could have a higher awareness of safety and traceability during each stage of gamete transport.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/bio.2020.0080","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,7]],"date-time":"2020-10-07T12:46:50Z","timestamp":1602074810000},"page":"27-32","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Cryopreserved Gamete and Embryo Transport: Proposed Protocol and Form Templates\u2014SIERR (Italian Society of Embryology, Reproduction, and Research)"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Donatella","family":"Paoli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Seminology\u2014\u201cLoredana Gandini\u201d Sperm Bank, Department of Experimental Medicine, \u201cSapienza\u201d University of Rome, Rome, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mariabeatrice","family":"Dal Canto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biogenesi Reproductive Medicine Center, Istituti Clinici Zucchi Monza, Monza, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elisabetta","family":"Baldi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marta","family":"Cervi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IVF Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Friuli Occidentale ASFO, Sacile, Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patrizia Maria","family":"Ciotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infertility and In Vitro Fertilization Unit, University Hospital S. 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