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Specimen Satisfactory

Pap smear specimens are considered satisfactory for interpretation if there are:

  • Adequate numbers of well-visualized squamous cells present

  • Adequate numbers of well-visualized endocervical cells or squamous metaplastic cells (from the transformation zone).

  • Less than 50% of the cells obscured by blood or inflammation

  • Properly labeled specimens

 

 

Satisfactory Pap Smear (and normal).
Satisfactory Pap Smear (and normal).

OB-GYN 101: Introductory Obstetrics & Gynecology
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