A comparison audit of a genitourinary medicine colposcopy service against nationally agreed quality standards.
The National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) recently published their document Standards and Quality in Colposcopy outlining recommendations for standards in the service provided by colposcopists. In this first audit of colposcopic practice measured against these agreed UK national guidelines, the authors discuss the standards, their attainability, and their relevance to genitourinary medicine (GUM) colposcopy services.
Kellock
D J
DJ
Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
Hicks
D A
DA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000592:standards*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013222:State Medicine