Why does the report indicate a satisfactory specimen and the absence of an endocervical component?
• The Bethesda 01 Reporting System removed the “Satisfactory but limited by” category and included the finding of “No endocervical component” as Satisfactory. • The Bethesda Committee did this to remove the automatic repeat requirement and allow the health care provider to assess the need for a repeat Pap based on past abnormal Paps, patient history such as stenotic os, prior Paps without endocervical component (some patients because of anatomy or other fators have an inaccessible transformation zone making it useless to continually do repeats), non compliant patient unlikely to return in a year, high risk, etc. The health care provider should always be sure that proper collection technique was used when the specimen was taken, as this could be the source of the no endocervical component. The Pap reports should be monitored for the percentage of “no endocervical component. Cytyc corporation will do staff re-in-services if the clinic or a particular staff member has an unusually high pe
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