Report of the Clinical Practice Task Force survey of the Clinical Cytometry Society

✍ Scribed by J. Philip McCoy Jr.; Bruce H. Davis

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 176 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0196-4763
• DOI: 10.1002/cyto.1103

✦ Synopsis

Among the goals of the Clinical Practice Task Force of the Clinical Cytometry Society is to establish a complete and accurate database of patterns of practice in clinical cytometry and to assist in consensus development on medical applications of cytometry (1-6). As one step in accomplishing this goal, the Task Force conducted an international survey of practitioners of clinical cytometry. The purpose of this survey was to obtain contemporary data regarding the clinical practice of diagnostic cytometry, including scope of clinical utilization, patterns of reagent use, credentials of laboratory personnel, impact of regulatory compliance, and regional reimbursement experiences. These data update and augment information from surveys previously conducted on the practice of clinical flow cytometry (7-10) and will support the development of consensus on a variety of issues. These issues range from the construction of appropriate panels for the analysis of leukemias and lymphomas to the establishment of fair reimbursement for clinical flow cytometric services. Concomitant studies, such as one examining Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for flow cytometric services (10), complement the current endeavor.