Reports on issues concerning the establishment of a national cytology proficiency testing (PT) program mandated by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988. Volume of test slides needed; Concerns by pathologists and cytotechnologists; Experts' discussion of possible alternatives to the ...
The deadlines are: by June 30, 2005, all individuals should be enrolled, who examine gynecologic cytology slides in a CMS-approved cytology PT program; by April 2, 2006, all affected individuals have to be tested for cytology proficiency at least once; by December 31, 2006, and annually ...
Context.—Field validation of slides used in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing has surfaced as an important issue. Although the precision of diagnoses in peer-reviewed educational programs has been examined, the robustness of the validation criteria for specific types of interpretations used in pr...
Context.—Automatic failure in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing occurs when a high-grade lesion or carcinoma (HSIL+, Category D) is misinterpreted ... Moriarty,Ann,T.,... - 《Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine》 被引量: 7发表: 2009年 Controls in quality assessment in gynecologi...
Overall, 16 of 90 slides have been misclassified by 40% or extra of residents, half of which exhibited glandular abnormalities.The goal evaluation offered by mock PT is a great tool for each college and residents. Mock gynecologic cytology proficiency testing as a milestone evaluation device for...
Compar- ison of cytology proficiency testing: glass slides vs. virtual slides. Acta Cytol 2004;48(6):788-94.Gagnon M, Inhorn S, Hancock J, Keller B, Carpenter D, Merlin T, et al. Comparison of cytology proficiency testing: Glass slides vs. virtual slides. Acta Cytol. 2004;48(6):788...
Materials and methods In 2007, we introduced mock proficiency testing with 3 distinct modules, each consisting of 3 10-slide test sets (10 ThinPrep, 10 SurePath, and 10 conventional Pap slides). Each module was administered at 3 different time points. We evaluated the following parameters: (...
Cervical samples for cytologic testing were obtained from women aged 25 to 64 years at 8 tertiary hospitals in China between March 2017 and October 2018. Samples were taken in pairs of liquid-based slides and randomized to either AI-assisted reading or manual reading, both of which were ...
Context.—Automatic failure in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing occurs when a high-grade lesion or carcinoma (HSIL+, Category D) is misinterpreted ... Moriarty,Ann,T.,... - 《Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine》 被引量: 7发表: 2009年 Controls in quality assessment in gynecologi...
Cases meeting this standard are then sent out as educational slides and are validated if there is 90% agreement to the general series. For the 100 series, there must be 50% agreement to the exact reference diagnosis by at least 20 participants, and for the 200 series, there must be 70%...