BSc (Hons), PhD, Director, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Victorian Cytology Service (VCS), Melbourne, Vic; Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Melbourne Vic. dhawkes@vcs.org.au
This article provides an in-depth, evidence-based examination of the clinical accuracy of self-collection in cervical screening and provides recommendations for general practice.
This study aimed to understand healthcare practitioners’ decisions, and factors related to, the provision (or not) to allow all women and people with a cervix the choice of a self-collected sample.
Australia has adopted innovative, evidence-based criteria for the inclusion of HPV NAT assays in the renewed NCSP.