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... Pancreas Quality assurance Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition is imperative for obtaining sufficient tissue for accurate pathologic assessment of lesions within the gastrointestinal tract. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has been the standard tissue...

...) and atypical squamous cells cannot exclude HSIL (ASC-H). Quality assurance (QA) measures in gynecologic cytology laboratories aim to maximize the sensitivity for LSIL and HSIL lesions while simultaneously keeping the use of ASC-US at reasonable levels. Summary: TBS provides a comprehensive nomenclature...

...Janelle Greaves; Julia Pagliuso; Jennifer Ross; Tony Badrick Background: The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs (RCPAQAP) is a world leader in the provision of external quality assurance (EQA) for pathology laboratories. The development and delivery of new...

...Margherita Branca; Adhemar Longatto-Filho Objective: We aimed to critically evaluate the importance of quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) strategies in the routine work of uterine cervix cytology. Study Design: We revised all the main principles of QC and QA that are already being...

... to prove sufficient for benchmarking laboratory precision with TBSRTC. Thyroid cytopathology Fine-needle aspiration Quality assurance Atypia of undetermined significance The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the standard of care...

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