The efficacy of reprocessing unsatisfactory cervicovaginal ThinPrep specimens with and without glacial acetic acid: effect on Hybrid Capture II human papillomavirus testing and clinical follow-up.

SN, Agoff; T, Dean; BK, Nixon; K, Ingalls-Severn; L, Rinker; VS, Grieco

doi:10.1309/ge86-156k-egm2-dgxb

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The efficacy of reprocessing unsatisfactory cervicovaginal ThinPrep specimens with and without glacial acetic acid: effect on Hybrid Capture II human papillomavirus testing and clinical follow-up.

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Agoff SN

Dean T

Nixon BK

Abstract

We sought to determine the efficacy of remaking initially unsatisfactory cervicovaginal ThinPrep (Cytyc, Boxborough, MA) specimens with and without the addition of glacial acetic acid (GAA) and the effect on human papilloma virus (HPV) Hybrid Capture II (HC2; Digene, Gaithersburg, MD) testing. A tot...

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