Remote ROSE

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Remote Rapid On Site Evaluation of Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspirations

• IRAS ID

  315343

• Contact name

  Leonie Wheeldon

• Contact email

  leonie.wheeldon@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Royal Cornwall Hospital

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Aim of pilot: To robustly test the concept of remote ROSE for head and neck ultrasound (US) guided fine needle aspirations (FNA).
  ROSE of cytology FNA samples performed by a Pathologist or Biomedical Scientist is a real time morphological assessment of the sample in the clinical setting with the aim of acquiring all the diagnostic material in one appointment resulting in reduction in costs, improved patient care and reduced referral to treatment time. It is not practical or possible for the ROSE team to be present in every location where an FNA is performed. Telecytology (TC) or remote ROSE is a digital form of ROSE which allows a biomedical scientist or pathologist working in a remote laboratory to review the cytology slides in real time, using microscope images fed from the location where the FNA procedure is being performed. Once trained a clinical imaging assistant (CIA) will prepare the slides and drive the microscope in the ultrasound room. The screen share option in Microsoft teams will enable the remote biomedical scientist / pathologist to assess the sample in real time and provide both verbal and written methods of communication (relevant clinical information and instructions

• REC name

  London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  22/LO/0634

• Date of REC Opinion

  22 Sep 2022

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion