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BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler

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BD FocalPoint™
Slide Profiler

Significantly improved performance^* over current standard practice (CP) in detection of:

1.  ASCUS+(p=.0000)
2.  LSIL (p=.012)
3.  LSIL+ (p=.0058)

Identified more HSIL+ slides.*

33% to 44% improvement in the reduction of false negatives.^*

16% reduction in false positives.^*

Inter- and intra-device precision of 99.6%.^*

The Bethesda System Abbreviations

ASCUS -- Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance

AGUS -- Atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance

LSIL -- Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

HSIL -- High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

NILM -- Negative for intraepithelial lesion

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^{* There was an insufficient number of smears to determine if this increased detection was statistically significant.}