[Histonet] Cyto Controls for PAP

[Olszewski, Dawn]

Good afternoon everyone,

I am now the manager over Histology and Cytology.  I know very little about Cytology, so I am hoping you guys can help me out.  We do non-gyn cyto but do not have a cytotechnologist.  Our pathologist read all the slides and the histo techs do the prep work.  We are probably going to CAP soon and one of the questions is, "how do you assess the quality of cytopathology stains"? For histology we run a H&E control down the stain line prior to staining any patient slides and evaluate it for proper staining of the nucleus and the cytoplasm.  How is this handled in cytology using the PAP stain?  If you make controls, how is it done and stored and what criteria do you use to assess the quality?  Sorry for my ignorance, but I am a histotech and not a cytotech by trade.



Dawn Olszewski HTL(ASCP)QIHC

Pathology Manager

South Georgia Medical Center

P: (229) 259-4830

E: dawn.olszewski at sgmc.org

Dawn Olszewski
Pathology Manager - Histotechnologist
Laboratory

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