Agree. As a pathologist, I’ve benefited from weekend coverage at a much smaller Hospital lab. Now am at a much busier lab and we don’t have weekend coverage . Would I like it? Yes. But we function fine without it. One thing to always consider is cap/Asco time fixation guidelines for breast biopsies. Having a weekend run gives you more flexibility. G
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2019, at 1:40 PM, Terri Braud via Histonet > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > > In my experience in 2 small hospital labs, weekend coverage is just not > worth it. If it is a major surgery, then the patient will be recuperating > and if it is just a biopsy, the ordering physician is rarely available to > correlate the Pathology findings with the clinical findings. Most tell the > patient that they will get their results in a week or two. > The only exception that I have encountered was if you process non-gyn > cytology. On rare occasions, we found the need to process a fluid in order > to look for organisms or to send for flow, though we seldom did more than one > per year. For those occasions, we usually just had someone volunteer to come > in to process it in order to save our weekends free. > Generally, at both hospital labs, we were closed when surgery was closed, > even on 3 day weekends and we've never had trouble or complaints. The weekend > cases you describe are not a rush. > > Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) > Anatomic Pathology Supervisor > Laboratory > Holy Redeemer Hospital > 1648 Huntingdon Pike > Meadowbrook, PA 19046 > ph: 215-938-3689 > fax: 215-938-3874 > Care, Comfort, and Heal > > > Today's Topics: > 1. Weekend Coverage for Small Pathology Labs (Lindrud, Scott) > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 15:19:39 +0000 > From: "Lindrud, Scott" <scott.lind...@carrishealth.com> > Subject: [Histonet] Weekend Coverage for Small Pathology Labs > > Hi Histonet, > I apologize if this is being re-posted but I did not see this message on the > daily Histonet Digest so I'm not sure if it ever got posted..... > I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their experience with > weekend Histology coverage for smaller Pathology labs? When I say small, I'm > saying about 30,000-33,000 blocks per year (avg 130-140/day) with automated > IHC and special staining. Our lab is in a rural area where all but one of > the histotechs live between 25-50 miles away. Winter weather has played a > role in numerous instances of trying to get a histotech to the lab on a bad > weather Saturday. > > Our lab currently has a histotech come in on Saturday morning to set up a > gross for about 16-20 cases which will be put on processing run to come off > on Monday morning. The majority of the cases are from colonoscopies, > colposcopies, skin excisions, gallbladder/appendix, and placentas. > > I'm asking this to see if there is a necessity for the Saturday coverage for > a lab our size. If the industry standard is that most labs of smaller size > have some sort of Saturday histology coverage, then we're good to go. But if > most smaller labs aren't providing some sort of weekend coverage, then I feel > more confident talking to management for our histotechs about the necessity > of providing the Saturday coverage. I just don't know what other smaller > labs are doing. > > Thanks for any opinions or information! > > Scott A. Lindrud, MLSCM(ASCP)CTCM | Histopathology Technical Specialist > Phone: 320-231-4406 > Fax: 320-231-4305 > scott.lind...@carrishealth.com<mailto:scott.lind...@carrishealth.com> > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential information that is legally privileged. This information is > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. The > authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this > information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified any > disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on the contents > of these documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately, reply to this > transmission, or contact the CentraCare Information Systems Network Security > staff by calling the IS Help Desk for assistance at 320-251-2700, ext. 54540, > and delete these documents. > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > ------------------------------ > > End of Histonet Digest, Vol 193, Issue 3 > **************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
