Hi Amy, We do about the same number of autopsies per year... Only on in-house patients and they have to be physician requested, no family requested.
We used to hire a diener to come and do them and the techs would assist. None of the techs cared to do that, so I usually volunteered, since I actually like doing them. Eventually, the docs decided to just train me and now I'm the hospital diener. It was a lot easier to have a full time employee around to do them than try to have an outsider come in once in a while. Easier to keep up on competencies, vacation times and such. Before, if the diener was on vacation, there was no one else to do them. The docs were not happy when they had to do it themselves. :) Karen Karen L. Bauer HTL/HT (ASCP) Histology Supervisor Pathology Department Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire E-mail: bauer.ka...@mayo.edu ___________________________________________ Mayo Clinic Health System 1221 Whipple St. Eau Claire, WI 54703 www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Amy Self Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 2:12 PM To: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu' Subject: [Histonet] Assisting with Autopsies Hello All, We are small hospital that does approximately 5-10 autopsies a year. This being said our administration department does not want to hire a diener to assist with these autopsies. So I have decided to turn to all of you out there in histoland for a little poll. Does your facility use histotechs or a diener to assist with the autopsy? Thanks in advance for all of your help, Amy Amy Self Georgetown Hospital System 843-527-7179 NOTE: The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. _______________________________________________ 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