A conventional Pap smear is an established and trusted method and computer rescreening has been approved for the conventional Pap smear. Why should we switch to the ThinPrep Pap Test?
The ThinPrep Pap Test is a better quality test that detects more positive cases. There are several limitations to the conventional Pap smear, including poor sample preparation and difficulty in seeing abnormal cells obscured by blood, mucus or inflammation. The ThinPrep Pap Test improves both the sample preparation and the quality of the slides that are reviewed microscopically. Computer rescreening cannot solve the sampling problem associated with discarding most of the sample remaining on the collection device from preparing a conventional Pap smear.
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