Rapid on-site assessment of specimens by biomedical scientists improves the quality of head and neck fine needle aspiration cytology

Cytopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 316-321

  Breeze, J ^a   Poller, D N ^a   Gibson, D ^a   Tilley, E A ^a   Cooke, L ^a   Soar, E ^a   Repanos, C ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical scientists; Financial costs; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Quality improvement; Rapid on site assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RAPID ON SITE ASSESSMENT; SALIVARY GLAND; THYROID GLAND; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NECK; SALIVARY GLANDS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84908507855     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12106     Document Type: Article

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