00:00The kit's very similar to what we use in person, actually, but instead of us doing the smear itself, the
00:09patient does it to themselves, and it's much like we've moved away as much as possible to allow women more
00:18privacy and more self-control.
00:20And, you know, that is more autonomy, I guess, that you can do it when you're ready, you don't have
00:26to make an appointment, you don't feel embarrassed about being in front of somebody else when you do it.
00:32And there was good evidence when they did the studies that actually the self-swabs, the self-home swabs, were
00:41more accurate and there were fewer inadequate smears than when professionals were doing it, probably because patients don't relax as
00:51much, and so it was harder for the professional to get to the area that they needed to swab.
