Quality assurance in gynecologic cytology: The value of cytotechnologist-cytopathologist discrepancy logs

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 512-516

  Cibas, Edmund S ^a,b,d   Dean, Barbara ^a   Maffeo, Nicholas ^a   Allred, Elizabeth N ^a,b,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Cytopathologist; Cytotechnologist; Papanicolaou smears; Performance evaluation; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BOSTON; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DOCUMENTATION; EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0035057255     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/BHGR-GPH0-UMBM-49VQ     Document Type: Article

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