Mass purge of frozen sperm donations ordered as Queensland audit exposes misidentification risk

Health ombudsman says thousands' of sperm samples at fertility clinics are at risk of potentially devastating identification mix-ups

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Queensland's health ombudsman has ordered the destruction of thousands of frozen sperm donations, as a new report reveals 42% of all audited samples in the state were of medium or high risk of being misidentified.

The state had more than twice as many potential errors identified in audits as the next worst state, Victoria.

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