There is nothing volunteer about being ASCP certified as an HT or= HTL
where I have worked for the last 35 years, all those employed as HT's
= at the U of Colorado must be ASCP certified and I believe this is
the case = for most other places doing hospital based Histology, work,
right????
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Unregistered tec= hs
From: Dorothy Ragland-Glass <[1]techman...@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, May 28, 2012 10:14 pm
To: David Kemler <[2]histotalk@ yahoo.com>, Fellow HistoNetters
<[3]Histonet@Lists.UTSouthwestern.edu>
Dorothy R. Glass, BS,HTL(ASCP),IHC
You are so right about = the good old days when you would prove
who you were and sit for a paper not= computer exam at a medical
school close to you. I sat for the HTL in 1988.= I was so proud to
call myself a Histologist after being trained at a Schoo= l of
Histotechnology and being ASCP certified. NOW you have people on the
j= ob trained just referring to themselves casually as histotects. Not
histo t= rainees. Unfortunate for us older techs, it is very offensive
considering w= hat we went through in establishing a career not just a
job. Some reference= labs is focusing on hiring aids to later, after a
few months train them an= d refer to them as histotechs. I hate it
when the term is used so freely.
Sinserely, frustrated HTL
David Kemler <[4]histot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Good stuff. In the "old" days, 36 years ago for me, taking th e HT(ASCP)
>exam it was said that you were "registered" by the ASC= P,
because the designation HT is given by the Board of Registry of the
ASCP. Many of the NEW folks use the word "certified". After a total o f 39
years (3 years was training before you were eligible) I= still
only use registered by the ASCP / Licensed by the State of Florida&n
bsp;and call myself a "histologist".
>
>In those d= ays ( long before the Internet), you took your ASCP
exam (HT's, MT's, CT's,= BT's, MLT's) at specially selected medical
schools across the US. You= chose the one giving the exam which was
closest to where you lived. If you= needed to drive 100 miles or
further to get to the examinin= g college on March 15 OR August 15th,
(the only dates it was given)&nb= sp;that's what you did. Getting into
the exam auditorium before y= ou were allowed to "sit" (that's what it
was called) for the exam, was= a challenge. You had to prove that you
were who you said you were or you&n= bsp;were not getting in. Once
those guarded doors were closed - t= hey were CLOSED! I saw several
folks crying outside the auditorium tha= t day n 1975. Chances for
cheating were eliminated at every turn. Unfortuna= tely, not so today.
So you can see why for us older techs, i= f you were HT(ASCP) it
really meant something. Unfortunately, not so t= oday.
>
>Yours,
>Dave
>Hist= onetters,
>
>I see this subject tends to illicit strong s= entiments from
>professionals who are impacted or have an impact o= n HT/HTL's
(sort of
>everyone on the net)?.
>
>I= am still in school, but I want to fully understand how
training,
>= ;certification, and registration work for HT/HTL’s. I
realize= that
>ASCP certification is voluntary, and that some States requi= re
some
>sort of license or certification, but I’ve never = heard
of a “Registry”
>for HT/HTL’s.
=
>
>-The way I understand through what I’ve been taug= ht at
school is that
>Histology is the study of tissue, And that..= .
>
>-To study tissue there is another science that prepa= res
specimens so
>they can be studied. And that...
>
=
>-There is a final sequence “Quality Control”
that ve= rifies the science
>that prpares specimens is properly done so the= tissue can be
studied.
>And that…
>
>In= order for this all to happen successfully and consistently,
the
>= HT/HTL's make sure that during the whole preparation process,
safety
= >is observed, proper adherence to federal and state regulations
&g= t;maintained, plus train other technicians to do the same, and
much
&= gt;more.
>
>If I understood it all correctly I can��= �t help but
wonder:
>
>If HT/HTL's do all of this cruci= al preparation work to make sure
>specimens are acceptable for pre= cise microscopic identification
of
>cells, tissue type, diagnosis = of disease, and other needs:
>
>"Why wouldn't we want to = have some method that can gage a set of
basic
>skills to indicate = a level of competency that HT/HTL's should
>initially have, in ord= er to enter the field of work that can
effect so
>many people eith= er directly or indirectly?"
>
>And also... "Wouldn��= �t having NAACLS accredited training
and ASCP
>Certifications se= rve to gage those basic skills?"
>
>And also… "Wo= uld gaging basic skills have a positive
impact on the
>quality of = patient care and the efficiency of the
HT/HTL’s impact on
>= ;labs?”
>
>I'm not sure but...this fall… = when I complete my NAACLS
accredited
>degree program, and voluntar= ily take the ASCP HTL certification
exam,
>my future employer will= be able to expect a certain level of
>competency that I hope to h= ave established through training and
>certification.
>
>Rick T.
>
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>
>
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