Improving our departmental reporting of thyroid cytology specimens against national guidelines: A two-cycle retrospective audit.

Edwin HallidayEleanor HarrisonHugh SansomSyed Farhan AhsanKatherine Harrison

Published in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2020)

Our department was able to reduce the rate of non-diagnostic FNAC samples and improve the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC. Auditing local outcomes helps refine and improve the reporting process. Review of false positive and false negative cases helps examine potential pitfalls of cytology.

Keyphrases

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