Cervical Screening

Cervical screening investigations are requested from the patient record like other pathology investigation requests.

However, cervical screening results must be manually added to the Cervical screening section of the patient record, rather than being allocated from the Investigation reports screen and actioned from the provider Inbox. Cervical screening requests are still listed in the Investigation requests screen.

Cervical screening results and reminders can be added outside of the patient record from the main screen of Bp Premier, Clinical > Cervical Screening.

In this article:

Request a cervical screening investigation

Guidelines for completing a pathology request under the National Cervical Screening Program can be found on their website for Healthcare providers.

  1. From the patient record, select Request > Pathology. The Pathology request screen will appear.
  2. Select one of the cervical screening tests from the Test name list:
    • Cervical Screening test
    • Co-test (HPV & LBV)
    • LBC only
    • HPV test

    NOTE  Other cervical screening tests may be added through regular data updates.

    3. Or select from Favourite tests if you have added a test to your favourites. The fields in the Cervical cytology section in the bottom right will be enabled.

  3. Select any Cervical screening clinical information fields that apply to the patient.

    4. IMPORTANT   If you are requesting pathology outside of a patient’s regular cervical screening schedule (for example, as part of treatment followup), you must supply additional clinical information to indicate this, or the patient may have bear the cost of the test.

  4. Complete the rest of the screen as for any pathology request.
  5. Click Print to print the request for the patient.

Record cervical screening results

  1. From the patient record, select Cervical screening from the left hand tree.
  2. To record cervical screening and pap smear test results, click Add. The Cervical Screening Result screen will appear.

  3. Record the Date performed.
  4. Cervical Screening Test will be selected by default; leave this selected to record results for cervical screening tests, or select Pap smear to record Pap smear test results.
  5. Complete the Performed by field:
    • If the clinician collected the sample, select the Clinician from the Performed by field.
    • If the test was conducted elsewhere, select Not Performed here from the Performed by field.
  6. Select the options that apply to the test result:
    • HPV PCR
    • LBC Result
    • Endocervical cells present
    • Risk category.
  7. Free-type any Other information.
  8. Click Add reminder to add a followup appointment reminder for the patient.
  9. Click Save to save the results to the Cervical screening window.

Add a cervical screen reminder to patient

The ‘Cervical screening’ reminder reason can be assigned to female patients who take part in regular cervical screening.

  1. From the patient record, click Reminders in the top right. The Reminders screen will appear.
  2. Click New. The Reminder screen will appear.
  3. Select 'Cervical screening' from the Reminder reason list. The date fields on the right hand side will be populated with the default values for the pap smear reminder.
  4. Tick Automatically update this reminder when sent to patient.
  5. Click Save. The reminder will be added to the patient record.

See Add a Clinical Reminder for a Patient for more information.

Opt a patient out of cervical screening

Cervical screening notifications appear in the Preventive Health Notifications list for a patient, and are enabled from the Cervical screening section of the patient record.

A patient may choose to opt out of cervical screening at your practice. For example, the patient may have reached the established exit age for the cervical screening program, have their cervical screening conducted elsewhere by a specialist, or opt out for personal reasons.

  1. From the patient record, select Cervical screening from the left hand tree.

    2. Cervical screening opt-out

  2. Tick No longer requires cervical screening if regular cervical screening no longer applies to this patient. Reminders will no long show in the Notifications list.
  3. If the patient is still eligible but is opting out of cervical screening at your practice, tick Opt out of cervical screening and select a Reason. You can also enter a free-text reason if the default reasons do not apply.

Practice staff who do not have access to the patient record can also record a patient’s opt-out. Select Clinical > Cervical Screening from the main screen, select a patient, and record the opt-out in the Cervical screening screen.

Manage cervical screening results outside of the patient record

  1. From the main screen, select Clinical > Cervical Screening. The Select patient screen will appear.
  2. Search for and select a patient and click Select. The Cervical screening screen will appear.

    3. Cervical screening screen

  3. Click Add to add test results. See Record cervical screening results for more information.
  4. Click Patient to search for another patient.

Last updated: 20 November 2024.