Poole Hospital NHS Trust has introduced a new cervical screening system from Cytyc. The NHS South West Strategic Health Authority oversees the largest region in England, covering a geographical area stretching west from Cheltenham, Swindon and Bournemouth to the Isles of Scilly, and serves 1.3 million women in the screening age range.
The ThinPrep method works by producing a thin-layer cell preparation, which is more representative and easier to read than a conventional cervical smear. Therefore, this can provide far more accurate test results, fewer unsatisfactory smears that result in unnecessary repeat tests, and a shorter turnaround time for results to be reported.
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