Nielsen M L
Department of Pathology, The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, USA.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1997 Mar;121(3):256-9.
Major programs of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) are directed toward improvement of laboratory practices through peer review, interlaboratory comparison, education, and development of practice standards and guidelines. Two programs provided to cytopathology laboratories, the Laboratory Accreditation Program and the Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, are dedicated to these laboratory improvement principles. In 1996, each of these programs served over 2100 laboratories that provide cytopathology services. This paper reviews the peer development, structure, and administration of the Laboratory Accreditation Program and the Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, focusing on recent and ongoing initiatives to enhance their contribution to continued improvement of gynecologic cytopathology laboratory practices.
美国病理学家学会（CAP）的主要项目旨在通过同行评审、实验室间比对、教育以及制定实践标准和指南来改进实验室操作。提供给细胞病理学实验室的两个项目，即实验室认可项目和宫颈阴道细胞学实验室间比对项目，都致力于这些实验室改进原则。1996年，这些项目中的每一个都服务于2100多个提供细胞病理学服务的实验室。本文回顾了实验室认可项目和宫颈阴道细胞学实验室间比对项目的同行发展、结构和管理，重点关注近期和正在进行的举措，以增强它们对持续改进妇科细胞病理学实验室操作的贡献。
