Thin Prep Liquid-Based Pap Smear Collection Technique 8 Label and send to the Cytology Laboratory accompanied by a Pathology requisition form. COLONIC WASHINGS Cytology and Histology Specimens A pap smear is a simple, quick, and relatively painless screening test, used to detect cancerous or pre-cancerous cells in the cervix. Getting regular pap screens is essential for the early detection and treatment of cervical cancer. • No cervical cancer screening recommended >65 years old if they have had prior adequate screening (negative cytology alone or negative cytology and HPV as last pap smear) • Even if a women has a new sexual partner after age 65, she does not need to be rescreened if above criteria are met up to 30 sequential conventional Pap smears they sub-mitted to the cytology lab within a 1-year period. Clinician inclusion criteria for Phase 2 were that practitioners do conventional Pap smears and process their Pap smears at Dane County Cytology Lab or the Wisconsin State Cytology Lab. Phase 2 data was col-lected for 1 year. Cervical cytology became the standard screening test for cervical cancer and premalignant cervical lesions with the introduction of the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear in 1941 . Liquid-based, thin-layer preparation of cervical cytology specimens was a subsequent modification in technique. The cervical cytology (Pap test) looks for precancerous and cancerous cells. The high-risk HPV test looks for the DNA or RNA of the types of the HPV virus (16 and 18) that can cause these cellular changes. Current Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations Pap tests (or Pap smears) look for cancers and precancers in the cervix. Precancers are cell changes that can be caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).If not treated, these abnormal cells could lead to cervical cancer.An HPV test looks for HPV in cervical cells. SCREENING PAP TESTS AND PELVIC EXAMINATIONS ICN 909032 January 2018 PRINT-FRIENDLY VERSION. exfoliative cytology test (Papanicol