Clinical Practice Guidelines
The Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Committee is responsible for developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to support best practices in reproductive medicine. Its CPGs are intended for healthcare providers, laboratory professionals and scientists working within the field of reproductive medicine. The CPG committee is composed of 8-10 physicians from within the filed of reproductive medicine who represent practices from across Canada. The committee meets in person three times per year and on an ad hoc basis when necessary. The drafting of CPGs begins with an extensive review of the relevant published literature, followed by data analysis, synopsis and presentation to the committee at large. After line-by-line review and further reflection, draft CPGs are then circulated to the CFAS membership for feedback, ensuring broad expert input and consensus. Once completed the CPGs are then submitted for open access publication in peer-reviewed journals, typically Reproductive Biomedicine (RBM) Online. Once published, the CPGs are then also posted on the CFAS website.
- The investigation and management of recurrent early pregnancy loss (March 2025)
- Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (November 2020)
- Recurrent implantation failure in IVF (October 2020)
- Managing and preventing blood-borne viral infection transmission in assisted reproduction (July 2020)
- The management of unexplained infertility: an evidence-based guideline (August 2019)
- Management of thin endometrium in assisted reproduction (May 2019)
- Obesity and Reproduction (July 2018)
- Egg Freezing for Age-Related Fertility Decline (March 2018)
- Guidelines for Third Party Reproduction (CFAS 2016) AMENDED [English – French] **under revision due to new AHR regulations
- Fertility Preservation In Reproductive Age Woman Facing Gonadotoxic Treatments (CFAS 2014)
- Management of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (Withdrawn)
- Guidelines on the Number of Embryos Transferred (CFAS 2013)
- Ethics and Assisted Procreation: Guidelines for the Donation of Gametes and Embryos, Surrogacy and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (2009)
- CFAS Consensus Document for the Investigation of Infertility (August 2002)
- Joint Policy Statement-Ethical Issues in Assisted Reproduction (January 1999)