✦ LIBER ✦
Reprocessing unsatisfactory ThinPrep Papanicolaou test specimens increases sample adequacy and detection of significant cervicovaginal lesions
✍ Scribed by Islam, Shahidul ;West, Ann Marie ;Saboorian, M. Hossein ;Ashfaq, Raheela
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 87 KB
- Volume
- 102
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
BACKGROUND.
The objective of the current study was to determine the effect of reprocessing bloody ThinPrep® (TP) samples using a glacial acetic acid technique on the unsatisfactory rate.
METHODS.
During a 12-month study period, all TP gynecologic samples received by the Cytology Laboratory from inpatient, outpatient, and community-based clinics at the