Lab Test

Pap Test

Pap smear, PAP TEST (CONVENTIONAL), PAPC

Test Codes

EPIC: LAB1230097

Department

Cytology

Instructions

Beaumont Laboratory will no longer accept conventional pap smears, effective May 1st, 2024 due to declining test utilization and Best Practice standardization efforts within Corewell Health.

Corewell Health offers the superior pap methodology in ThinPrep® together with Imaging technology, providing enhanced detection of LSIL and more severe lesions.

ThinPrep® is FDA approved/cleared for HPV and Chlamydia/Gonorrhea testing from the same vial, reducing the number of required samples being collected.

LABORATORY BULLETIN

Contacts

Last Updated

10/22/2024

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