The unsatisfactory ThinPrep® Pap Test™: Analysis of technical aspects, most common causes, and recommendations for improvement

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 588-594

  Rosa, Marilin ^a   Pragasam, Premila ^a   Saremian, Jinous ^a   Aoalin, Ana ^a   Graf, William ^a   Mohammadi, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical cytology; glacial acetic acid; reprocessing cervical cytology; ThinPrep Pap Test ; unsatisfactory Pap test

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTECHNOLOGIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84879417335     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.22904     Document Type: Article

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