Guidance

Cervical screening: Pap staining quality assessment

This publication explains the external quality assessment scheme for evaluating Papanicolaou (Pap) staining in cervical screening.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 February 2004

This publication was withdrawn on 15 December 2017

Please refer to Cervical screening: cytology samples external quality assessment.

Documents

External quality assessment scheme for the evaluation of Papanicolaou staining in cervical cytology

Ref: ISBN 1 84463 013 7

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Details

This publication outlines the external quality assessment (EQA) scheme for Papanicolaou (Pap) staining in cervical cytology.

It provides information about:

• what the Pap staining EQA is
• the purpose of the scheme
• assessor training
• performance assessment
• confidentiality procedures
• education and support processes

Standard operating procedures

The document also includes the 9 standard operating procedures for the Pap staining in cervical screening EQA.

Published 1 February 2004