Guideline 61 - Supporting Material: Existing facilities for investigation of PMB

[Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network]

Guideline 61 - Supporting Material

Investigation of Post-Menopausal Bleeding

Existing facilities for investigation of PMB (at March 2000)

Hospital / Centre	Specialist clinic?	TVS facility?	OP hysteroscopy?	Sampling technique
1	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle
2	no	yes	no	Pipelle
3	no	yes	no	Endoscopic sampling
4	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle / endosampler
5	yes	yes	no	Pipelle / diagnostic hysteroscopy
6	no	yes	no	Pipelle
7	yes	yes	no	Pipelle
8	no	yes	no	Pipelle
9	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle / occasionally Vabra
10	yes	yes	yes	Z sampler
11	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle
12	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle
13	no	yes	yes	Pipelle
14	no	yes ^**	no	Pipelle
15	yes	yes	no	Pipelle
16	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle
17	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle
18	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle
19	no	no	no	Pipelle
20	no	yes ^*	no	Pipelle
21	no	yes	yes	Gynocheck
22	no	yes	yes	Pipelle
23	yes	yes	no	Pipelle
24	no	yes	yes	Pipelle
25	yes	yes	yes	Pipelle
26	no	no	no	Not undertaken
27	no	yes	no	Pipelle / endocell
28	no	yes	no	Pipelle
29	no	yes	no	Pipelle
30	no	yes	yes	Pipelle
31	no	yes	no	Pipelle / diagnostic hysteroscopy

Existence of TVS facility does not mean women are definitely referred there

* In Hospital 20 TVS facility is run by radiographers only
** In Hospital 14 TVS facilities are inadequate
14/25 have an agreed policy (not necessarily written down)