Quality Assurance

Read more about the Fairfax Cryobank Specimen Quality Warranty .

Fairfax Cryobank, a fully inspected and licensed facility, believes it is important to provide patients with donor specimens that have the most state-of-the-art genetic and infectious disease testing in addition to the basic testing required by accreditation and licensing organizations. For this reason, Fairfax Cryobank continues to be the leader in establishing standards for genetic and infectious disease testing of sperm donors.

Fairfax Cryobank meets and exceeds the infectious and genetic disease testing guidelines set forth by the American Association of Tissue Banks*.

Additionally, Fairfax Cryobank:

exceeds donor eligibility, genetic and infectious disease testing standards now prescribed by the FDA, and remains dedicated to maintaining our leadership position in sperm quality, donor testing, and patient services.
was the first human donor sperm bank in the United States to screen for genetic carriers of cystic fibrosis in all donors and NOW is the only sperm bank to screen all donors for 86 cystic fibrosis mutations.
was the first human donor sperm bank in the United States to screen for genetic carriers of Gaucher and Canavan carriers in Jewish donors.
continues to be the only sperm bank that screens for breast cancer (BRCA-1 and 2 mutations) carriers in Jewish donors.
is the sperm bank making most extensive use of the molecular genetic technique PCR (polymerase chain reaction) to provide screening to detect ALL of the following organisms: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) types 1 & 2, Human T-cell Leukemia Virus (HTLV) types I & II, Herpes Simplex Virus 1 & 2, Human Papillomavirus (HPV strains 16 and 18), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia.

To review detailed descriptions of these and other tests performed on donors by Fairfax Cryobank, see Infectious Disease Testing and Genetic Disease Testing information at this website.

Fairfax Cryobank Licenses

State of New York #GA010
State of Maryland #TB699
State of California #CNC80394

Fairfax Cryobank is registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

#3004731690 (Fairfax), #3005033855 (Austin), #3005287828 (Philadelphia)

Additionally, the Laboratories of the Genetics & IVF Institute hold the following Licensure

State of Virginia/CLIA
Molecular Infectious Disease Laboratory CLIA #49D0952503
(Certified in Bacteriology, Parasitology, Virology)
Semen Analysis #49D0886517
State of New York #847912A1
State of Maryland #465
State of Florida #L80000186

*Fairfax Cryobank has neither sought nor received accreditation by the AATB.

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