Context.—Reparative changes can be a diagnostic challenge on Papanicolaou tests and
must be distinguished from epithelial cell abnormalities. Both squamous intraepithelial …

Objective.—To determine whether, on a national cytology proficiency test, a competent
cytologist can consistently distinguish grades of squamous intraepithelial lesions. Design …

Abstract BACKGROUND The 1991 Bethesda System for cervical/vaginal cytology reporting
defined adequacy criteria for the unsatisfactory designation. Most laboratories have …

Very few medical issues have received as much attention in the lay press and the national
political scene in the last 3 or 4 years than screening cervicovaginal cytologic examination …

The 5-year retrospective rescreening process is an integral part of the cytology laboratory's
quality assurance program. Its major role is the identification of errors in screening and/or …

The 600 participants in the College of American Pathologists 1991 Interlaboratory
Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology were surveyed by mailed questionnaire in …

A review of the error rate of cervicovaginal cytology in light of the increasing litigation over
alleged misread Pap smears is presented. Public expectation for the eradication of death …

Abstract BACKGROUND The Australian Terminology for Cervical Cytology Reporting
includes the category" Inconclusive‐Possible high grade epithelial abnormality." METHODS …

The College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in
Cervicovaginal Cytology (PAP) is a quarterly mailed glass-slide quality improvement …

Five-year retrospective review of negative or normal smears in patients with newly
diagnosed high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions or cancer is a federal regulation for …