A Pap Smear Should Not Be Performed During a Woman's

question 34

Multiple Choice

A Pap smear should not be performed during a woman's menstrual period because blood cells

• A) Change the appearance of the epithelial cells
• B) Prevent the physician from obtaining a scraping of the epithelial cells
• C) Obscure the specimen and interfere with an accurate reading
• D) Cause a false-positive Pap test result

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