1. Scientific Issues Related to the Cytology Proficiency Testing Regulations
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Antonino Mulè, Naoki Tsukamoto, Irina V. Dubinchik, Otal-Salaverri C, Yih-Leong Chang, Selim Erekul, Gerhard Breitenecker, Brian C. Jacobson, Scott L. Boerner, Masao Okadome, Robert J. Collins, Pushpa Sodhani, Antonella Miraglia, Walter Ulrich, Sanjay Gupta, Veena Singh, Koray Ceyhan, Yue Cheng, Nural Erdogan, Paul Sevelda, Monika Weigert, Narges Izadi Mood, Gülcin Güler Simsek, Fawaz Dawamneh, Lukas Bubendorf, María José Robles-Frías, Eva T. Y. Chan, Ali Amin, Basak E. Dogan, Samir S. Amr, Esther Diana Rossi, Diego Martínez-Parra, Seyed Yahya Attaran, Sharada Rai, Banu Yagmurlu, Huan-Wen Chen, Wai-Kuen Ng, Aditya Parashari, Ahmad Monabati, Perikala V. Kumar, Alireza Tadayon, Mark Williams, Deng-Huang Su, Scott MacDonald, sup> Jesús Fernández-Aceñero, Toshiaki Saito, Juliana Fariña, Wolfgang Pokieser, Ricardo González-Cámpora, Yuri K Batoroev, Beatrix Schuller, Fulya Koybasioglu, Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, Niall Swan, Fabio Maria Vecchio, Guido Fadda, Nasir K Amra, Antonio Robles-Frías, Gerhard Weigl, Thoppil Reba Philipose, Pamela Dalton, Fanny L. L. Chiu, Conrad S. C. Chiu, Maja H. Oktay, Kaushik Halder, Eiji Nagata, Matthew B. Smolkin, Hadi Mozaffari Miandoab, Naoko Nishiyama, Antonio Cajigas, Fen-Yu Tseng, Teresa Vázquez-Cerezuela, Carmen Almeida-González, Binnur Önal, M. Concepción Millana, Ashok Sehgal, Ramadas Naik, Kunihiro Nishi, Arnaldo Capelli, Volker Schneider, Tien-Chun Chang, Gia-Khanh Nguyen, and Safak Bulut
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Observer Variation ,Medical education ,Pathology, Clinical ,Histology ,business.industry ,Cytodiagnosis ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,United States ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Cytology ,Employee Performance Appraisal ,Medical Laboratory Science ,Proficiency testing ,Humans ,Medicine ,Educational Measurement ,Laboratories ,business - Abstract
The member organizations of the CETC feel strongly that there are significant flaws associated with the proposed proficiency test and its implementation. The most immediate modifications include lengthening the required testing interval, utilizing stringently validated and continuously monitored slides, changing the grading scheme and changing the focus of the test from individuals to laboratory level testing, as described above. Integration of new computer-assisted and location-guided screening technologies into the testing protocol is necessary for the testing program to be compliant with the current CLIA law. The regulation also needs to be flexible enough to accommodate new technologies that are implemented in laboratory practice, education and administration of the test. The changes recommended in this document address the most immediate technical and scientific concerns with the current implementation of PT for gynecologic cytology. The CETC will be submitting a subsequent document, following full review of the current regulations, with recommendations for changes, justifications and impact.
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- 2006
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