Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

Requisites

1. Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Ultrasound Practices

2. Interpreting providers must meet both training guidelines:

• Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Gynecologic Ultrasound Examinations

• Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations

3. Practice Parameter for Documentation of an Ultrasound Examination

Important Reference Materials

1. Guidelines for Cleaning and Preparing External- and Internal-Use Ultrasound Transducers Between Patients

2. Routine Quality Assurance "Cookbook"

3. Standard Presentation and Labeling of Ultrasound Images: Sixth Edition

4. As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Principle

5. Prudent Use and Safety of Diagnostic Ultrasound in Pregnancy

6. Recommended Maximum Scanning Times for Displayed Thermal Index (TI) Values

7. Ultrasound Biosafety Considerations for the Practicing Sonographer and Sonologist

8. Preventing Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders

AIUM Practice Parameters

1. Reproductive Medicine

2. Focused Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

3. Female Pelvis

4. Sonohysterography