In this issue, Nagy and Naryshkin1 present an analysis of the sta-tistical pitfalls of the
cytology proficiency testing (PT) program mandated by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement …

Although the goals of the standards drafted in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988 (CLIA'88) are noble, certain elements of the cytology regulations …

The passing of the January 1, 1994, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
(CLIA'88) deadline for laboratories to register with a cytology proficiency testing (PT) …

According to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA'88), all
individuals who interpret gynecologic cytology specimens are required to enroll in an …

Dear Dr. Bedrossian: Dr. Marshall Austin insists that proficiency testing in cytology is
worthless as a quality assurance method. 1+ 2 He believes that his point can be proved by …

CALL IT CLIA 88's Catch-22. In a few weeks the deadline quietly will pass for a national
cytology proficiency testing (PT) program mandated by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement …

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widespread implementation have included the inability to replicate normal working …

Proficiency testing in cytopathology and in other disciplines should be based on firm
statistical and scientific foundations, because test theory in general is a heavily statistical …

The current and future status of cytology proficiency testing (PT) was the focus of a
symposium held in Atlanta November 16–17, 1993. Sponsoring organizations were the …

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 …