Accuracy of Screening Tools for Pap Smears in General Practice

Abstract

Data obtained from DETs should be used with caution as they may not accurately reflect the rate of Pap smears from electronic medical records.How this fits in DETs are increasingly being used for research and audit of general practice. This study explores the accuracy of Pap smear rates obtained with a DET compared to that of the Pap smear rate obtained with a manual file audit The DET tested significantly underestimated the level of cervical screening compared to manual screening. Data obtained from DETs should be used with caution as they may not accurately reflect the rate of Pap smears from electronic medical records.

A clinical audit on pap smears reported in a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka

“…The method utilized was conventional smears stained with Papanicolaou stain. Cytology reporting was carried out according to the Bethesda criteria 2014 version (4). HPV DNA testing had not been performed on any of the cases.…”