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services : GYN Cytology
Dynacare’s Cytology Department performs over 75,000 PAP smears per year. Our dedicated staff of Cytopathlologists, with many years of experience, supports our committed team of certified Cytotechnologists. Over 90% of our clients have converted to liquid-base pap smears versus the conventional method. The liquid-base pap smear used by Dynacare is SurePath and ThinPrep by Hologic.


Benefits of the  liquid based technology:

Easy collection protocol
Specimen quality significantly improved over conventional pap smear preparation.
East to process the specimen into slides for microscopic evaluation.
Significantly more effective than conventional pap smears for the detection of low grade equamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL).


Computer Assisted PAP Smears
Dynacare is pleased to announce that it has implemented Tripath’s FocalPoint Automated Slide Profiler. Dynacare can now offer the best combination of professional skills as well as computer-assisted technology in the fight against cervical cancer.


Benefits of FocalPoint:

Enhances review capabilities
Highlights abnormalities that may otherwise be overlooked
Reduces false negatives
Increase the detection of squamous lesions
Enhances sensitivity and improves specificity


Services:

Follow-up letters on abnormal results
Correlation of biopsies and pap results
Monthly management reports to include percent unsatisfactory, abnormal and negative cases

 

Our Cytology department also performs testing on non-GYN samples to include:

Fine Needle Aspirates
Urine Hemosiderin
Tzanck Smear
Gastro-intestinal brushings
Bronchial brushings
Sputum Cytology
CSF Cytology
Nipple Secretion

 

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