Sperm Penetration Tests: Why It Is Done

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Why It Is Done

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Sperm penetration tests may be done:

When other tests have not found a cause for infertility.
To see how the sperm function when a semen analysis test has shown some problems, such as slow movement or the sperm look abnormal.
To check when another test, the postcoital test, has found sperm dead or not moving in the cervical mucus.
To test sperm before doing in vitro fertilization.

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Last updated:	March 21, 2008
Author:	Sandy Jocoy, RN
Reviewed By:	Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine, Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Editors:	Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC

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