Vaginal Smears - Standards
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Automatic failure in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing. Results from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Automatic failure in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing occurs when a high-grade lesion or carcinoma (HSIL+, Category D) is misinterpreted as negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy (Category B). OBJECTIVES:To document the ... Read more...

Reproducibility of classification and correction for verification bias as determinants of performance of Papanicolaou smear cytology in the screening setting: experience from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union cohort study.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess impact on interlaboratory agreement of 2 optional modes to convert Papanicolaou classification to Bethesda System (TBS) and demonstrate effect of verification bias correction on test performance in the New Independent States of ... Read more...

Performance of herpes simplex challenges in proficiency testing: observations from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program.

30 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common sexually transmitted disease that is decreasing in prevalence. Herpes simplex virus challenge cases have performed well in the educational College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Vaginal Smears - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Automatic failure in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing. Results from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program. 30 Oct 2009
• Reproducibility of classification and correction for verification bias as determinants of performance of Papanicolaou smear cytology in the screening setting: experience from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union cohort study. 30 Aug 2009
• Performance of herpes simplex challenges in proficiency testing: observations from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program. 30 Aug 2009
• Can we improve the detection of glandular cervical lesions: the role and limitations of the Pap smear diagnosis atypical glandular cells (AGC). 30 Aug 2009
• Update on ASCCP consensus guidelines for abnormal cervical screening tests and cervical histology. 13 Jul 2009
• New guidelines: fewer PAP tests for women older than 30 years and less aggressive treatment for adolescents. 13 Jul 2009
• [Cervical cancer screening: restoration or reconstruction?] Jul 2009
• [Cervical cancer screening: a new tool to do one's best or doing one's best with a new tool?] 29 Jun 2009
• New DNA test for cervical cancer outperforms Pap test. 29 Jun 2009
• Histologic follow-up results in 662 patients with Pap test findings of atypical glandular cells: results from a large academic womens hospital laboratory employing sensitive screening methods. 5 Jun 2009
• Unsatisfactory cervical cytology screening specimens are associated with missed cervical dysplasia and cancer. 29 Apr 2009
• Comparison of false negative rates between 100% rapid review and 10% random full rescreening as internal quality control methods in cervical cytology screening. 29 Apr 2009
• Rapid prescreening as a quality assurance measure in cervical cytology. 29 Apr 2009
• Clinical significance of the diagnosis of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. 23 Apr 2009
• A theory-based approach to understanding follow-up of abnormal Pap tests. 30 Mar 2009
• Clinical significance of cytologic atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. 30 Mar 2009
• [Re: the editorial in number 4, volume 28, 2008. "Cervical cancer control in Colombia: achievements and challenges of cytology based programs"] 27 Feb 2009
• Belgian consensus guidelines for follow-up of women with cervical cytological abnormalities. 27 Feb 2009
• Using poisson regression to compare rates of unsatisfactory pap smears among gynecologists and to evaluate a performance improvement plan. 27 Feb 2009
• Unsatisfactory SurePath liquid-based Papanicolaou tests: causes and significance. 23 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Vaginal Smears'

Definition: Collection of pooled secretions of the posterior vaginal fornix for cytologic examination.

Descriptor UI: D014626

Alternative terms: Vaginal Smears; Smear, Vaginal; Smears, Vaginal; Vaginal Smear; Papanicolaou Test; Test, Papanicolaou; Papanicolaou Smear; Smear, Papanicolaou; Cervical Smears; Cervical Smear; Smear, Cervical; Smears, Cervical;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.378.900; E01.450.230.900; E01.450.865.900;

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; note X ref CERVICAL SMEARS: do not coord with CERVIX UTERI; X ref PAPANICOLAOU SMEAR: when called Pap smears, capitalize Pap in titles & translations