What Is A Cervical Smear

Description:

A cervical smear is when a small sample of cells is taken from the cervix of the uterus, placed on a glass slide, and examined under a microscope for abnormalities.

Precautions

Inspection requirements:

(1) The examination should be arranged during the non-menstrual period.

(2) The examinee should avoid sex within 24 hours before the scraping.

(3) Do not douche or use vaginal suppositories or perform an intravaginal examination within 24-48 hours before the planned examination.

(4) When there is inflammation, treat first, and then scrape the film, so as not to fill the film with a large number of white blood cells and inflammatory cells, which will affect the diagnosis.

Inspection method: 

After fully exposing the external os of the cervix, rotate the scraper around the external os of the cervix, that is, 360 degrees, and gently scrape the mucosa and secretions there. The removed secretions were then spread evenly on numbered glass slides, immediately fixed in 95% ethanol for 15 minutes, and stained with Papanicolaou staining after removal.