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Pero Vaz de Caminha

Pero Vaz de Caminha Gynecologic Cytopathology An Interchange Program for Quality Control Between Brazil and Portugal Maria Lúcia Utagawa, B.Sc., Celso di Loreto, M.D., Ph.D., Cristina de Freitas, B.Sc., Fernanda Milanezi, M.D., Adhemar Longatto Filho, M.Sc., Ph.D, P.M.I.A.C., Sónia Maria Miranda Pereira, B.Sc., Marina Yoshiê Sakamoto Maeda, M.Sc., and Fernando C. Schmitt, M.D., Ph.D., M.I.A.C. Objective obtained in 74.4% (774) of cases and discrepancies in To start an interexchange program for quality control in 25.6% (267 cases). Full agreement was achieved in 276 cervical cytology and discuss conceptual criteria for diagno- (39%) of 707 cases categorized as negative. In 421 nega- sis. tive cases from laboratory A, this concordance represents 65.5% and 96.5% for laboratory B, which submitted 286 Study Design negative cases. The main discordance was the high number Slides were selected in the of atypical squamous cells of archives of the 2 institutes and undetermined significance included cases with unsatisfac- cases: 3.1% for A and 128 The real consequence of this tory, negative and positive re- (33.2%) for B. Samples with project has been a visible sults. Sets of slides were discrepancies related to the changed between the partners improvement in professional skills quality of the material was every 3 months. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

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Karger
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© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0001-5547
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1938-2650
DOI
10.1159/000325958
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Abstract

Gynecologic Cytopathology An Interchange Program for Quality Control Between Brazil and Portugal Maria Lúcia Utagawa, B.Sc., Celso di Loreto, M.D., Ph.D., Cristina de Freitas, B.Sc., Fernanda Milanezi, M.D., Adhemar Longatto Filho, M.Sc., Ph.D, P.M.I.A.C., Sónia Maria Miranda Pereira, B.Sc., Marina Yoshiê Sakamoto Maeda, M.Sc., and Fernando C. Schmitt, M.D., Ph.D., M.I.A.C. Objective obtained in 74.4% (774) of cases and discrepancies in To start an interexchange program for quality control in 25.6% (267 cases). Full agreement was achieved in 276 cervical cytology and discuss conceptual criteria for diagno- (39%) of 707 cases categorized as negative. In 421 nega- sis. tive cases from laboratory A, this concordance represents 65.5% and 96.5% for laboratory B, which submitted 286 Study Design negative cases. The main discordance was the high number Slides were selected in the of atypical squamous cells of archives of the 2 institutes and undetermined significance included cases with unsatisfac- cases: 3.1% for A and 128 The real consequence of this tory, negative and positive re- (33.2%) for B. Samples with project has been a visible sults. Sets of slides were discrepancies related to the changed between the partners improvement in professional skills quality of the material was every 3 months.

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Acta Cytologica – Karger

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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