It can definately be a sad situation. I know you are correct in your description in many cases. I wish I knew what I could personally do to impact this.
Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:46 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Histonet] Re: Number of blocks > > As I asked before, do your pathologists have any input into any of this? > > About embedding: I heard of a recently trained pathologist who, asked > about an embedding problem, replied, "What's embedding?" > > We spend thousands of dollars on a bronchoscopy or an EGD to get a > tiny bit of tissue that contains a life-changing diagnosis. The > specimen comes to the pathology lab and is grossed by a prosector who > isn't allowed an embedding sheet. The embedder has no idea how many > bits of tissue to look for. Then the microtomist is expected to cut 50 > blocks an hour. Then the pathologist has to make a diagnosis on a > venetian-blind section. > > Good Management I'm sure. Bad medicine. > > Bob Richmond > Samurai Pathologist > Maryville TN > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
