LQHS2503 - CMLE - Optimum Triage of Endocsopy-Guided Cytology Specimens

Course Description

LabQ 2025 Clinical Laboratory: Histology

Faculty/Authors

Poorva Singh MD, MBA
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow
Jimmie Stewart, MD
Director of Cytology Division and Program Director of Cytopathology Fellowship
Jana Holler, CT (ASCP)
Tessa Ten Haken, CT (ASCP)CM
Jacob Davis, CT (ASCP)CM
Cytology Laboratory

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

Review the Technical Considerations.
Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
Click Access to begin the course.
Review the Educational Activity.
Complete and submit the Post Exam.
Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 9/26/2025
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2026

Course Objectives

Following completion of this activity, you will be able to:

understand the recommendations regarding handling of specimens obtained by endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA);

grasp the preanalytical factors which impact the quality and quantity of cytology tissue available for diagnosis, ancillary testing and biomarker reporting;

learn the crucial importance of specimen triage in the era of molecular testing on smaller specimens as well as the essential elements of thoracic cytology specimen triage to ensure ample yield for on-site adequacy assessment and tissue preservation; and

explore the biomarker landscape of non-small cell lung cancer testing and the pre-analytical factors which may cause false negative results

Summary

Availability:

On-Demand

Credit Offered:

2 CMLE Credits