Just actual cutting. Trimming is considered another task. René J. --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Cathy <cf...@007group.com> wrote:
From: Cathy <cf...@007group.com> Subject: RE: [Histonet] maximum block cutting To: "'Rene J Buesa'" <rjbu...@yahoo.com>, histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu, histol...@medsurgpath.com Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 12:22 PM Does this average include trimming into the block or just the actual cutting of the section? Cathy -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:55 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; histol...@medsurgpath.com Subject: Re: [Histonet] maximum block cutting The productivity of a histotech is completely different with the number of slides a cytotech is allowed to screen daily. In the first case the final product is not affected by an increase of the productivity but in the second it is. A cytotech has to exert judgment while screening and could get easily tired compromising his/her diagnostic ability. Having said that, the cutting range for histotechs is from 5 to 70 blocks/hour with an average of 24 (sample size = 245 histolabs). René J. --- On Wed, 12/9/09, histol...@medsurgpath.com <histol...@medsurgpath.com> wrote: From: histol...@medsurgpath.com <histol...@medsurgpath.com> Subject: [Histonet] maximum block cutting To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 5:07 PM Hi Histonet, I know we have discussed the average blocks histotechs cut per hour, but does anyone know if there is a maximum blocks that can be cut per hour? Or per day? We have regulations for cytotechs who are reading slides for maximum slides they can read per hour and are wondering if there is any similar regulation for histotechs. Thank you all for you help, Katelin Katelin Lester, HTL (ASCP) MedSurg Pathology Associates, Inc. (503) 443-2157 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet