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Draft Standards Report

Bowel Screening Programme July 2006 - Draft Clinical Standards (PDF, 156K, 44secs)

This document introduces the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) draft clinical standards for bowel screening.

These draft standards cover key elements of the bowel screening programme:

• general
• call-recall
• the screening process
• the laboratory process and reporting
• pre-colonoscopy and histopathology
• neoplasia yield

When finalised, these clinical standards will be used by NHS QIS to assess performance in these areas in the NHS boards throughout Scotland where bowel screening services are provided.

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