Self-collected lower vaginal swabs (LVS)

Summary of changes 

Addition: POC test to table of sample and swab types (NAAT for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomonas)

Primary references

1. Australia Government Department of Health (2022) Understanding the National Cervical Screening Program Management Pathway: A Guide for Healthcare Providers, accessed 22 September 2022.

2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019, Cancer series no. 125, AIHW, Canberra, accessed 11 January 2022.

3. Cancer Council Australia Clinical Guidelines Working Party (2021) Important changes to the National Cervical Screening Program's Clinical Guidelines pathway for women at intermediate risk, accessed 11 January 2022.