I worked for a hospital that ran 3 shifts. I worked 2:00pm to 10:30pm. Others came in at 4:00am and began the embedding process, once the people who started work at between 7:00 and 8:00am arrived the blocks were ready to go.
We had one person who came in at 11:00pm and worked solely on the small samples, GI biopsies, etc. I batted clean-up and finished off anything left over from the day shift. Usually recuts, deepers and a variety of specials. I also did the histology for the research samples that caem in but they had lower priority. I also loaded all the processors and checked to make sure that the baskets were properly loaded and were in numeric order. The 11:00pm person burned out and they went back to the 3 shifts. then I left and they went back to 2 shifts, early morning and regular days. The Pathologists loved it when we had 3 shifts but when I left no one took over the clean-up shift. Paula Sicurello VA Medical Center San Diego Veterans Medical Research Foundation (VMRF) Core Microscope Facility, room B141 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., MC151 San Diego, CA 92161 858-552-8585 x2397 --- On Thu, 3/5/09, Evans, Andria B. <aev...@wellspan.org> wrote: > From: Evans, Andria B. <aev...@wellspan.org> > Subject: [Histonet] (no subject) > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 5:54 PM > Does anyone run a third shift in > their lab to relieve some stress on the 1st shift > crew?? I am looking in to running one person on > third. I would like to know how it is working for you, > has it reduced costs, has it increased turn around > time...ect. Thanks!! > > > Andria B Evans, HTL(ASCP)CM > Anatomic Pathology > York Hospital > 1001 S. George Street > York, PA 17405 > 717-851-5006 > > "You can learn a lot more from listening than you can from > talking. Find someone with whom you don't agree in the > slightest and ask them to explain themselves at > length. Then take a seat, shut your mouth, and don't > argue back. It's physically impossible to listen with > your mouth open." -John Moe > > "Maturity is accepting imperfections." > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > > This email may contain confidential health information that > is legally privileged. This information is intended > for the use of the named recipient(s). The authorized > recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing > this information to any party unless required to do so by > law or regulation and is required to destroy the information > after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in > reliance on the contents of this email is strictly > prohibited. If you receive this e-mail message in > error, please notify the sender immediately to arrange > disposition of the information. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content > Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by > MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed > Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.com. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet