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. 2020 Oct 7;15(10):e0239342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239342

Table 2. Number of reviewed smears and trend of false positive and negative errors from January, 2017 to December, 2018 year.

Year (GC) Quarter Total slide collected Microscopic local result EQA (reference) result False positive result False negative result QE Total
Pos Neg Pos Neg
2017 Q1 3206 119 3087 116 3090 6 3 4 13
Q2 2918 190 2728 191 2727 4 5 4 13
Q3 3844 136 3708 140 3704 11 15 4 30
Q4 3005 86 2919 89 2916 5 8 5 18
2018 Q1 2960 98 2862 85 2875 16 3 0 19
Q2 3057 110 2946 107 2949 7 4 2 13
Q3 2531 49 2482 48 2483 5 4 1 10
Q4 1935 66 1869 64 1871 4 2 0 6