We do, on average, about 15 autopsies per year. We have a diener who does them for us. The pathologists are present and are often are hands on during the autopsy. Sometimes a lab aide will be there in the mode of a scribe. Our histotechs do not participate in autopsies.
Michelle On Jul 20, 2011, at 6:06 AM, "Podawiltz, Thomas" <tpodawi...@lrgh.org> wrote: > We have always helped with autopsies, just comes with the territory. > > > > Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP) > Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of > susan.wal...@hcahealthcare.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:32 AM > To: as...@georgetownhospitalsystem.org; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] RE: Assisting with Autopsies > > We are a small hospital and though we no longer do in house autopsies we > still had an autopsy assistant.(most prefer to be called this) We always had > a pool of people available to do this job. Training as a histotech does not > include this job and I have always refused to do it. I know there are techs > who do not mind and some who supplement their income doing it but histotechs > should not be forced to do them, certainly not free of charge. If enough > histotechs in an area stand together and refuse the pathologists will find > assistants. > > -----Original Message----- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Amy Self > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:12 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 > THIS MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL. > This e-mail message and any attachments are proprietary and confidential > information intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you > are not the intended recipient, you may not print,distribute, or copy this > message or any attachments. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message and > any attachments from your computer. Any views or opinions expressed are > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of > LRGHealthcare. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
