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 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.