Expert Consensus on Standardized Construction of Integrated Outpatient Clinic for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in Hubei Provincial Grassroots Maternal and Child Health Hospitals

Cervical cancer is a malignant tumor that can be effectively controlled and eventually eliminated through etiological prevention, pathogenic prevention, and clinical prevention. In China, some problems exist in comprehensive prevention and control system for cervical cancer, such as uneven development, insufficient capacity building, and scattered institutions. In 2022, the Hubei Provincial Government launched a province-wide project to provide free cervical cancer screening for 12.67 million women aged 35-64 from 2022 to 2024. It is a historic opportunity and of great significance to fully utilize the scale and team advantages of this full-coverage cervical cancer screening, build integrated outpatient clinic for cervical cancer prevention in grassroots maternal and child health hospitals, and implement standardized construction and management. The expert group of the Cervical Disease Prevention and Control Professional Committee of Hubei Maternal and Child Health Association formulated this consensus based on the latest progress and the actual situation in Hubei. The consensus elucidated the general requirements, HPV vaccination outpatient construction standards and workflow, cervical cancer screening outpatient construction standards and workflow, colposcopy outpatient construction standards and workflow, precancerous lesion treatment outpatient construction standards and workflow, the follow-up after treatment of precancerous lesions, public education, etc. This consensus is suitable for guiding the standardized construction and management of integrated outpatient clinics for cervical cancer prevention and control in grassroots (county, district) maternal and child health hospitals in Hubei province.