Preferred fixative is CytoLyt or PreservCyt.
Also acceptable: Unfixed fluid if submitted refrigerated within 24 hours.
Slides: Transport specimen on fixed or unfixed slides.
Fresh Unfixed Fluid: Refrigerated..
Gynecological cytology, also known as PAP test, involves observing a cervical sample under a microscope in order to screen for a cancer or lesions that may develop into cervical cancer..
TDL's Cytology team carries out microscopical examination of cells or crystals on a range of non-gynaecological body fluids, including urine, sputum and CSF..
TDL's Cytology team carries out microscopical examination of cells or crystals on a range of non-gynaecological body fluids, including urine, sputum and CSF..
CytoRich Red, when used as a fixative, occupies these spaces and prevents their collapse.
CytoRich Red is used with all non-gyn cytology specimens except urine, for which Carbowax is required..
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For report clarity and comprehension, nongynecologic cytology reports should have a readily identified, concise interpretation ( Table 3 ).
Health care providers cannot be expected to draw conclusions from a description of the findings—that is the responsibility of a pathologist.
Use for all nongynecologic sources EXCEPT specimens obtained by fine needle aspiration.
For fine needle aspirate (FNA) specimens, refer to Cytology, Fine Needle Aspirate (2000443). ||Fluid:
Nongynecologic cytopathology is ideally suited to standardization because a model currently exists—that of The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology. 9 Many concepts from the gynecologic system of reporting Papanicolaou test results are incorporated into the currently proposed nongynecologic cytology protocol.
