TY - JOUR ID - 89803 TI - Evaluation of PathTezt™, a Liquid-Based Cytology System JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Mohd Nafis, Nur Syuhada AU - Mat Zin, Anani Aila AD - Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia,16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. AD - Department of Pathology, School of Medical Science, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 22 IS - 10 SP - 3261 EP - 3266 KW - Liquid-based cervical smear KW - Cost-Effectiveness KW - PathTezt Processor DO - 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.10.3261 N2 - Liquid-based preparation (LBP) cytology is commonly used in most laboratories these days due to its convenience and reliable results for the cervical cancer screening program. The PathTezt™ Liquid-based Pap smear is a second-generation LBP, which uses a filter-based concentration technique in processing the sample. Objective: This study was done to evaluate the cellular fixation, morphology, quality of smear in gynae cytology, and diagnostic interpretation of cervical cytological smears produced by the PathTezt liquid-based processor. Materials and Methods: A total of 400 pap smear samples were taken and processed using the PathTezt 2000 processor. The slides were evaluated in terms of sample adequacy, percentage of the circle covered by epithelial cells, cellular distribution, obscuring factors, and cell fixation. Results: About 95.25% (381) of the samples were satisfactory for the evaluation. In 19 (4.75%) of the samples, epithelial cells covered less than 50% of the circle. A sample with good cellular distribution was seen in 92% of the cases, while 354 (88.5%) samples showed minimal inflammatory background. Almost all the smears (95.75%) had no erythrocytes in the background. All smears showed good quality fixation features toward nuclear, cytoplasm, and microorganisms. The total performance rate was 99%. Conclusion: Although the PathTezt liquid-based processor is still new compared to other first-generation LBP, the smears produced by this method were of high quality and it was cost-effective. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_89803.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_89803_ac91918fae62790998781d42b89f561c.pdf ER -