Conventional Pap smear cervical cancer screening in 11 rural counties in Hainan Province, China: analysis of Bethesda system reporting rates for 218,195 women (predominantly ages 35-64 years) screened in China's National Cervical Cancer Screening Program

CPS offered a low cost method to introduce cervical screening in rural China. The international College of American Pathologists Laboratory Accreditation Program provided laboratory quality control standards not otherwise readily available. Educational training programs have been instituted to address areas identified for quality improvement.