Abstract & Overview
Clinical cytology is an important component of diagnostic medicine. The purpose is to detect pathological changes at the cellular level. about 3,500 specialists with both higher medical and non-medical education perform cytological studies in our country. Today it is obvious that the growing practical needs of the quantity and quality of cytological studies predetermine the need to optimize the cytological service in Russia. To improve cytological diagnostics in Russia a draft professional standard (PS) “Doctor-clinical cytologist” was developed and submitted for public discussion. The article presents the analysis of the draft PS with an objective argumentation of the prematurity and unreasonableness of the adoption and the need for its substantial revision.