Pap Smear Procedure
A Pap test is simple, quick, and painless; it can be done in a doctor’s office, a clinic, or a hospital.
While a woman lies on an exam table, the clinician inserts a speculum into her vagina to widen it.
A sample of cells is taken from the cervix with a wooden scraper and/or a small cervical brush.
The specimen (or smear) is placed on a glass slide and preserved with a fixative, or is rinsed in a vial of fixative, and is sent to a laboratory for examination.
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