ACSQHC-ARCR-353

The Australia and New Zealand Assisted Reproduction Database (ANZARD) is a Clinical Quality Registry (self-reported) comprising information on all assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment cycles and donor insemination cycles undertaken in Australian and New Zealand fertility clinics. Over 90 fertility clinics submit data to the National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU) each year as part of their licensing requirements under the Reproductive technology Accreditation Committee (RTAC) Code of Practice. ANZARD includes information on in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles, including intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles using fresh and cryopreserved (frozen) embryos, and laboratory techniques such as preimplantation genetic testing and extended embryo culture.

Demographic details on female and male patients, include age and infertility diagnosis and duration, parity, intending parent status etc. Treatment details include details of the ART cycles performed and treatment, pregnancy and birth outcomes.  The purpose of the ANZARD collection is to inform patients, the medical community and governments about ART treatments performed in Australia and New Zealand. An ANZARD annual report is published each year as part of the Annual Report Series available on the NPESU website. Annual reports cover treatment practices, success rates and perinatal outcomes for all ART treatments performed in one calendar, along with an analysis of recent trends. ANZARD is also used to benchmark the performance of clinics nationally, and provides a rich source of data for undertaking research and informing public policy.

ANZARD data is used to populate the YourIVFSuccess website (www.yourivfsuccess.com.au), a consumer facing website of IVF success rates of Australian IVF clinics and individualised patient estimates.