Achieving quality assurance standards in colposcopy practice: A teaching hospital experience

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-64

  Nooh, Ahmed ^a,c   Babburi, Padma ^b   Howell, Robert ^b  

^a WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Colpos copy; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846469979     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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