Do proficiency test results correlate with the work performance of screeners who screen Papanicolaou smears?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 769-776

  Keenlyside, Richard A ^a   Collins, Carlyn L ^a   Hancock, John S ^a   Gagnon, MariBeth C ^a   Cohn, Richard D ^b   Menoff, Anne L ^b   Dodd, Leslie G ^c   Kurtycz, Daniel F I ^d   Hearn, Thomas L ^a   Baker Jr , Edward L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer testing; Correlation; Cytologists; Papanicolaou smears; Proficiency testing; Work performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 17744402794     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/112.6.769     Document Type: Article

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