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Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:47:39 -0700 > From: cont...@excaliburpathology.com > To: e...@pigsqq.org; rjbu...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: Re: [Histonet] Blade Rationing > CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; tmoor...@gmail.com > > Love this! Where is the like button! > > Paula K. Pierce, HTL(ASCP)HT > President > Excalibur Pathology, Inc. > 8901 S. Santa Fe, Suite G > Oklahoma City, OK 73139 > 405-759-3953 Lab > 405-759-7513 Fax > www.excaliburpathology.com > > > ________________________________ > From: ""E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"" <e...@pigsqq.org> > To: Rene J Buesa <rjbu...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu>; > Teresa Moore <tmoor...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:20 AM > Subject: Re: Re: [Histonet] Blade Rationing > > > A stingy person is called an Iron Rooster (tie gong ji) in Chinese. > > An iron rooster won't turn loose of even one feather. > > The scratches that appear on slides cut with blades that should have > been changed --we call > them iron rooster tracks. Sort of a pun since many people think Chinese > characters > look like chicken tracks. > > We don't worry about what the blades cost. Our clients demand > good answers, and we send pictures of the lesions with our reports, > so we need good results. > > On 3:59, Rene J Buesa wrote: > > At 200 blocks/day x 5 days/week x 4 weeks/month = 4000 blocks/month which > > means that the 3 of you will have to use 1 blade every 80 blocks including > > trimming and sectioning which is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! > > The cost of blades, especially the better ones, are going up and you can > > save by using one blade to trim and another to make the final section, but > > at the rate your manager wants the quality will be compromised. > > The "norm" (if there is a norm at all) is that a histotech will probably > > change blades every 5 to 10 blocks if the infiltration is good and there > > are no decals involved in the process. > > Lets assume that you can hold to 1 blade every 10 blocks, that will mean > > that during 1 month you will use 400 blades = blades boxes. > > Find out how many you are actually using now and you will have an idea of > > your present blades usage. > > Additionally dull blades not only compromise the quality of the sections > > but also reduce sectioning productivity and what you may be saving in > > blades are going to increase in histotech time and total section production > > costs. > > René J. > > > > From: Teresa Moore<tmoor...@gmail.com> > > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 5:10 PM > > Subject: [Histonet] Blade Rationing > > > > > > I work in a hospital, there are three of us on this particular shift and we > > cut approx. 200 blocks, give or take a few. Our histo lab manager is > > telling us we should only be using one pack of blades (50 per pack) a > > month. I'm wondering what other techs think of this especially lab > > managers and supervisors. > > > > tmoor...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
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