I second that question! Seems like a lot of hassle (documenting, holding
meetings) over a bit of waxy tissue left in a water bath (mind you, this is
coming from a research mind-set where we don't mind these things so much).
:-)
--On Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:34 PM +0000 "Edwards, Richard E."
<r...@leicester.ac.uk> wrote:
So, what exactly is a "floater", an extra bit of a previous section
picked up with the next section in a dirty waterbath, or an obviously
extra identifiable piece of tissue included in/picked up in error during
grossing; bit of ambiguity in previous emails?.
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To: Marcia Funk
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Soo-Jin Cho;
histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Policy
on Floaters
Lots of traffic on this one. Yes you definitely need a policy. The
policy should define how you will "try" to eliminate floaters ie; clean
water bath after each block, spray/wipe/change paper towels after each
specimen while grossing etc. It also must include how it will be
resolved. This covers everyone involved and is considered best practice.
Debbie M. Boyd, HT(ASCP) l Chief Histologist l Southside Regional Medical
Center I
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"Marcia Funk" <fu...@mercyhealth.com>
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To
"Mark Tarango" <marktara...@gmail.com>, "Soo-Jin Cho"
<soo-jin....@ucsfmedctr.org>
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"histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject
Re: [Histonet] Policy on Floaters
Floaters
Yes, you are so right, for patient safety and your safety, policy is a
must. Protects you and the patient.
Marcia
Marcia Funk
Histology Laboratory
Mercy Medical Center North Iowa
Mason City, IA, 50401
641-422-7907
Mark Tarango <marktara...@gmail.com> 01/06/2010 2:21 PM >>>
Your goal is not to have floaters. If you get one, your policy should set
out to determine the cause of these incidents. You should track who did
it
(in a spreadsheet), where it happened (grossing, embedding, cutting...).
Then you should have a meeting every so often with people from the lab and
some pathologists where you go over all the incidents, brainstorm for
corrective actions, and decide about what you can do differently.
Make sure you have the techs invovled or it won't be very effective.
Mark
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Cho, Soo-Jin
<soo-jin....@ucsfmedctr.org>wrote:
Hello, I'm a resident at UCSF currently working on a QA/QI project
regarding floaters, with the ultimate goal of formulating a departmental
policy regarding floaters. Despite extensive searching on the internet
and
the Histonet archives, I have not found any concrete examples of
policies at
other institutions and was hoping someone could help me out in this
regard.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Most sincerely,
Soo-Jin Cho
Anatomic Pathology
University of California, San Francisco
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