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In total, 12 main ART procedures were selected (IVF, ICSI, ICSI+Bx, ICSI+TESE, FET, FET from PGT, oocyte freeze, oocyte thaw, IUI, sperm freeze, sperm freeze +TESE, semen analysis). A precise time for all components was discussed and allocated, and a complexity factor (double the time) was incorporated when a component involved one or more of the 5 elements mentioned in Alikanis' (2014) complexity list.

NOTE: These figures are not adjustable. This is just a demonstration of how the formulas were created

Day	Item per case	IVF Hrs	ICSI Hrs	ICSI+Bx Hrs	ICSI+TESE	FET	FET from PGT	Oocyte Fz	Oocyte Th	IUI	Sperm Freeze	Sperm Freeze +TESE	Semen Analysis
before D0	Media/Dish setup/paperwork/RFID setup	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
0	Discussion with Patient/OPU	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5			0.5
0	Placing oocytes into culture/witnessing/worksheets	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2			0.2
0	Sperm preparation	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.0				0.5	0.5		2.0	0.5
0	Denudation		0.2	0.2	0.2			0.2
0	Insemination/ injection	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5				0.5
0	Patient phone call post-insemination/injection	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2				0.2
0	D0 data entry	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2				0.2
1	Fertilisation check (ie. +/- time-lapse or dish change)	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2				0.2
1	Patient phone call	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2				0.2
2-4	Minimal handling/ Grading/Patient phone call	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2				0.2
5	Warming of Embryos and ET process					0.75	0.8
	Disposal of aneuploid embryos						0.4
	Oocyte vitrification or sperm freeze							0.5			0.5	0.5
	ET with vitrification (assuming ~3 utilisable blastocysts)	1.0	1.0		1.0			1.0	1.0
	IUI									0.2
6	Embryo vitrification (assuming ~1 utilisable blastocyst)	0.3	0.3
5-7	Biopsy with Freeze (assuming ~3 blastocysts)			2.0
5-7	Any completion data entry	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3
5-7	Patient phone call	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3			0.3	0.3
5-7	Error margin additions (approx 10%)	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
Totals
	Process timing per patient:
	Hours non-complex work
	Hours associated with 'complex' work
	'complex' work x 2*