Brown L A, Coghill S B
Department of Histopathology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Cytopathology. 1992;3(5):275-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1992.tb00048.x.
The resource implications of a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Clinic at Northampton General Hospital have been evaluated over a 12 month period using a patient management questionnaire. A total of 490 cases from which fine needle aspirates were taken from superficial sites have been assessed (breast 381, thyroid 46, lymph node 44, salivary gland 9, soft tissue 10). Total resource savings (135,544 pounds) exceeded the expenses of the FNA clinic (27,290 pounds). Potential cost savings per case were the greatest for thyroid aspirates. The FNA clinic where the pathologist takes, stains and reports optimally prepared specimens, provides a high quality and accurate service on which clinicians can confidently base clinical management decisions. Unnecessary investigations and operations are avoided, allowing scant resources to be released for other procedures.
通过患者管理调查问卷，对北安普敦总医院细针穿刺抽吸（FNA）诊所12个月期间的资源影响进行了评估。共评估了490例从浅表部位采集细针抽吸样本的病例（乳腺381例、甲状腺46例、淋巴结44例、唾液腺9例、软组织10例）。资源总节约额（135,544英镑）超过了FNA诊所的费用（27,290英镑）。甲状腺抽吸病例的潜在成本节约最大。在该FNA诊所，病理学家采集、染色并报告制备最佳的样本，提供高质量且准确的服务，临床医生可据此自信地做出临床管理决策。避免了不必要的检查和手术，使稀缺资源得以释放用于其他程序。
