Latest update on guidelines on high risk HPV testing

(Aotea News, May 2010)

The referrer should request HrHPV on women:

• with recent colposcopic treatment of high grade squamous lesions (within the past three years).
• with historical high grade squamous lesions (more than three years), treated or not treated colposcopically.

A specialist/colposcopist may request HrHPV on women with discordant cytology/histology/colposcopy.

The laboratory will automatically perform HrHPV testing on the Surepath cytology sample for women 30 years and older whose current smear shows atypical/low grade squamous changes and where there have been no abnormalities in the last five years.

Note: Aotea Pathology will apply the appropriate recall based on cytology and HrHPV results and the patient’s history according to NCSP guidelines.

For more detailed information, download this PDF document from the nsu.govt.nz website.