Hi,
My name is Natalia. I have a question about tissue processor. If hypothetically
(just hypothetically) I will not use charcoal filters and will change paraffin
just sometimes, what is going to happen? I work in the research center and we
don't have very many specimens.
Thank you,
Natalia
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1. Intraoperative tissue requisition or form (Vickroy, James)
2. Pan Cytokeratin (Paula Keene Pierce)
3. Decon Processor (Fawn Bomar)
4. Pathology Ladder System (stephen.cla...@hcahealthcare.com)
5. Re: Pathology Ladder System (Duddey, Aimee)
6. **Histology Job Opportunities** (Taylor Rinaldi)
7. JOH journal collection (Connolly, Brett M)
8. Re: Pathology Ladder System (Anne Murvosh)
9. Re: Pathology Ladder System (Morken, Timothy)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 20:23:21 +0000
From: "Vickroy, James" <jvick...@springfieldclinic.com>
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Subject: [Histonet] Intraoperative tissue requisition or form
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We are a physician owned clinic and the number of frozen sections we do is
small. Occasionally we have a few skin biopsies that are done in the ASC
surgery department.
I got a call from them today and they have a problem that they encounter every
time they do a frozen section. When the surgeon takes the biopsy a nurse has
to hold the specimen in surgery until the tissue order (requisition) is put
into the computer. With staffing in ASC this may take fifteen minutes after
the biopsy is removed and given to the nurse, especially if the surgeon is
asking the nurse to do other things in the meantime.
Of course when the specimen then is received by Histology it may take another
15-20 minutes before the surgeon gets a frozen section diagnosis. This morning
the surgeon said this needs to get fixed. Of course it's easy for me to say
to the ASC department that someone needs to put in the information immediately
and not take fifteen minutes. I even asked why can't the order be put into the
computer before the frozen is done. My other response to ASC was that we can
do the frozen section but we can't assign a number not print barcoded slides
and blocks until the order has been entered into the computer.
I do recall that organizations with less robust IT systems than CoPath
sometimes use a written Frozen section order form and report. Can anyone
share with me a form they use currently that I could modify for our purposes?
I know the basics but don't want to have to reinvent the wheel if someone
already has a form that they use for this purpose.
Of course once the nurses have had time to put the order into the computer
histology would have to enter the case into the pathology system, assigning a
surgical number. The pathologist would have to in turn take the diagnosis
etc. off of the written sheet and enter the diagnosis and gross into the
computer system. The written form would in turn have to be kept for
documentation which can include scanning into the electronic health record and
would include things like time surgeon is called, site, patient sticker with
patient identifiers, clinical history, etc.
I realize that this might seem like a step backward however given staffing
issues I understand where the ASC nurse manager is coming from and if it helps
the patient and surgeon I think we can live with the inconvenience.
Your thoughts and examples of forms or frozen section requisitions?
Jim Vickroy
Histology Manager
Springfield Clinic, Main Campus, East Building
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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 22:52:43 +0000 (UTC)
From: Paula Keene Pierce <pa...@excaliburpathology.com>
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Subject: [Histonet] Pan Cytokeratin
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Hello,
would anyone be willing to donate a recently expired, about to be tossed, vial
of pan cytokeratin for a research project?
I will pay shipping.
Thank you,?Paula Keene Pierce, BS, HTL(ASCP)HTPresidentExcalibur Pathology,
Inc.5830 N Blue Lake DriveNorman, OK 73069PH 405-759-3953FAX
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 10:06:13 +0000
From: Fawn Bomar <fawn.bo...@halifaxregional.com>
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Subject: [Histonet] Decon Processor
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Hi everyone,
Our lab is getting ready to install a new processor. My question is, how do we
go about decontaminating our old processor to dispose of it. The old processor
is a Ventana Rennaissance.
Thank you
Fawn Bomar
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 11:19:34 +0000
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Good morning everyone. I had a meeting recently with hospital administration
where I was asked what leadership could do to retain and keep quality staff.
Besides the obvious, pay increase's, I suggested a ladder type progression
system for all lab staff, similar to what some hospitals offer nursing staff.
My question to this group is, if any of you are using such a system would you
mind sharing it with me?
Thanks,
Stephen Clark HT, BS, DESSO
Pathology Dept. Supervisor
Laboratory Safety Officer
Grand Strand Medical Center
809 82nd Parkway
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
Desk: 843-692-1459
Lab: 843-692-1486
Fax: 843-449-6213
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 12:21:14 +0000
From: "Duddey, Aimee" <adud...@firsthealth.org>
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I have had the same discussion with lab administration recently. I would be
interested in the same information.
Aimee
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Subject: [Histonet] Pathology Ladder System
Good morning everyone. I had a meeting recently with hospital administration
where I was asked what leadership could do to retain and keep quality staff.
Besides the obvious, pay increase's, I suggested a ladder type progression
system for all lab staff, similar to what some hospitals offer nursing staff.
My question to this group is, if any of you are using such a system would you
mind sharing it with me?
Thanks,
Stephen Clark HT, BS, DESSO
Pathology Dept. Supervisor
Laboratory Safety Officer
Grand Strand Medical Center
809 82nd Parkway
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
Desk: 843-692-1459
Lab: 843-692-1486
Fax: 843-449-6213
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 08:39:52 -0400
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Subject: [Histonet] **Histology Job Opportunities**
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Hi there!
My name is Taylor Rinaldi, Recruiting Manager at Prometheus healthcare. My
team and I specialize specifically in laboratory recruiting nationwide,
working directly with lab managers from different hospitals and reference
laboratories across the US . We are currently recruiting for multiple
Histotechnologist and Histotechnician opportunities. All the opportunities
are fulltime, and permanent. ASCP certification is preferred but not
required for all.
If you or any of your colleagues have been considering a new position in the
Histology field, please don't hesitate to reach out to me directly for
immediate referral and submittal to some of the top hospitals and labs
nationwide.
Current states:
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Sacramento, California
New York, New York
Atlanta, Georgia
Dallas, Texas
Thank you all in advance,
Taylor Rinaldi
Recruiting Manager
Prometheus Healthcare
Office 866-857-1434
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 09:57:41 -0400
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Subject: [Histonet] JOH journal collection
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HI all,
Is anyone interested in old issues of JOH? My collection spans 1997 - 2016. I
am missing a few (~ 7).
Let me know and I'll send you a list of what I have.
Brett
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 13:56:31 +0000
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If you don't already have it you may want to offer a shift differential for
very early or late shifts and weekends.
This makes it a little easier to hire for and keep people on the harder shifts.
Anne
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Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 4:20 AM
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Subject: [Histonet] Pathology Ladder System
Good morning everyone. I had a meeting recently with hospital administration
where I was asked what leadership could do to retain and keep quality staff.
Besides the obvious, pay increase's, I suggested a ladder type progression
system for all lab staff, similar to what some hospitals offer nursing staff.
My question to this group is, if any of you are using such a system would you
mind sharing it with me?
Thanks,
Stephen Clark HT, BS, DESSO
Pathology Dept. Supervisor
Laboratory Safety Officer
Grand Strand Medical Center
809 82nd Parkway
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
Desk: 843-692-1459
Lab: 843-692-1486
Fax: 843-449-6213
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:10:27 +0000
From: "Morken, Timothy" <timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Pathology Ladder System
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Our career ladder at UCSF
HLT 1 thru 4 (Hospital Laboratory Technician) for non-histology positions.
HLT-1 is entry level, could be out of high school. To move up requires more
education. HLT-2 AA to BA/BA, HLT-3, -4, BA/BS used as accessioners, basic lab
techs in grossing and cytology, running stainers, changing tissue processors in
histology, etc. HLT-1,-2 are bench techs. HLT-3 is a Senior tech, HLT-4 is a
Lead tech. HLT-3 and -4 can be trained for grossing. They can actually work
their way thru to minor grossing with the right qualifications. If trained for
histotechnology or more advanced grossing ie, PA-level) we promote them to the
Histotechnologist series.
HT 1 thru 4 (Histotechnologist). Traditional histology lab techs as well as
on-the-job trained Pathologist's Assistants (HT-3,-4 only). HT-1,2 are the
basic bench techs, HT-3, is Senior tech, HT-4 is Lead tech. Only HT-4 and
Supervisor requires ASCP certification for histology work (not grossing work),
but is "preferred" at the other levels. So far all our histotechs are ASCP
certified HT or HTL. None of the OJT PA's are certified (though they could
work for it if they desired). We do have an advantage of a large research
population to draw techs from so all come to us with good educational
background and have learned some histology in a research lab.
These are all union positions and each classification (i.e HT-1 or HT-2) has 12
annual steps (controlled by the union, not administration) before maxing out in
pay. At that point they reach a ceiling and can only move up by going to the
next up classification. We usually require 5 years in one step before
reclassifying unless the person is exceptional. As a manager I can only
reclassify; I cannot move someone up a step as a reward for good work.
This works out pretty well for advancement but we have a fairly large
organization - 12 histotechs and 2 HLT in the histo lab; 4 HLT in cyto lab; 4
certifed PA's; 4 OJT PA's plus 5 HLT accessioners - moving up or to other
positions within the department is possible. Several of our accessioners have
moved up to Histotech positions, and one OJT PA went to PA school and came back
to work for us. Another HLT accessioner is applying to PA school.
We also now hire only certified PA's, and try to hire program-trained PA's.
the competition for that is tough and for recent positions we have essentially
opened it to any certified PA.
Cyto uses the HLT series for lab work and has another Cytotechnologist series
for cytotechs, same idea of level 1-4.
At the top of each lab is the supervisor in each discipline, one for cytology,
histology, grossing and administration.
The usual problem in Histo labs is that people stay a long time and so block
others from moving up, so even if a career ladder is in place advancement is
difficult. Unless the department expands the opportunities to advance are
limited in many labs.
I histology we have had quite a lot of turnover the last 5 years because we had
a 4 histotechs retire within a couple years so some advanced and some new techs
came in. We also opened a couple new jobs. So we now have a fairly young lab
with a lot of very good techs.
Tim Morken
Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center
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Subject: [Histonet] Pathology Ladder System
Good morning everyone. I had a meeting recently with hospital administration
where I was asked what leadership could do to retain and keep quality staff.
Besides the obvious, pay increase's, I suggested a ladder type progression
system for all lab staff, similar to what some hospitals offer nursing staff.
My question to this group is, if any of you are using such a system would you
mind sharing it with me?
Thanks,
Stephen Clark HT, BS, DESSO
Pathology Dept. Supervisor
Laboratory Safety Officer
Grand Strand Medical Center
809 82nd Parkway
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
Desk: 843-692-1459
Lab: 843-692-1486
Fax: 843-449-6213
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