NHS Cervical Screening Programme Publications: Laboratories

NHS Cervical Screening Programme Publications: Laboratories

Standards & quality assurance
Laboratory management
Staff training

Standards & quality assurance
Achievable standards, benchmarks for reporting and criteria for evaluating cervical cytopathology	NHSCSP Publication No 1 May 2000
Summary - Download PDF (361Kb)	ISBN 1 87 1997 47 X

Histopathology reporting in cervical screening	NHSCSP Publication No 10 Apr 1999
Summary	ISBN 1 87 1997 68 2

External quality assessment scheme for gynaecological cytopathology: protocol and standard operating procedures	NHSCSP Publication No 15 Mar 2009
Summary - Download PDF (556Kb)	ISBN 978 1 84463 061 5

Bench Aid for the Reporting of Cervical Histological Samples Associated with Abnormal Cervical Cytological or Colposcopic Investigations	NHSCSP Publication No 16 Sep 2003
Summary	ISBN 1 84 4630 02 1

External Quality Assessment Scheme for the Evaluation of Papanicolaou Staining in Cervical Cytology, Protocol and Standard Operating Procedures	NHSCSP Publication No.19 Apr 2004
Summary - Download PDF (6Mb)	ISBN 1 84 4630 13 7

Laboratory management
Laboratory organisation: a guide for laboratories participating in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme	NHSCSP Publication No 14 Jan 2003
Summary - Download PDF (685Kb)	ISBN 1 87 1997 59 3

Ergonomic working standards for personnel engaged in the preparation, scanning and reporting of cervical screening slides. Previously referenced as MDA 02104	NHSCSP Publication No 17 Sep 2003
Summary - Download PDF (6Mb)	ISBN 1 84 4630 03 X

Evaluation of two height adjustable footrests for use in cervical cytology laboratories	Equipment report 0301 Sep 2003
Summary - Download PDF (4Mb)

Staff training
Cervical Cytopathology Atlas	Dec 2006
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Cervical Cytopathology Training Log For trainee cytology screeners only	Jan 2005
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