Is this documentation for a work/labor study to determine pricing or show upper
leadership how hands-on and time consuming histology is?
If not, then what you are asking is punitive. Not to mention that it will kill
any comradery that your histotechs may have. This will be seen as either a
competition or a way to point out those that are not as fast/skilled/etc. I
can hear it now (where I used to work had the histotechs write stuff down for
all to see (I stopped that practice right away) "Betty is picking and choosing
her blocks" "Bob is leaving all the bone blocks for me to do" "What are YOU
going to do about Joe being so slow?" "Why am I the only one who cuts the
prostate biopsies?" That's only a few of the nicer complaints I heard.
Plus it will be a quick way to make for an over all negative environment.
I agree with Terri - ask them for to improve, streamline, etc. Asking the
staff for help to improve the lab goes a long way to making a good working
environment. With fewer and fewer people becoming histotechs - the work
environment is crucial.
Sincerely,
Paula Sicurello
On Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 01:02:21 PM PDT, Terri Braud via Histonet
<histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
As someone who has been a supervisor in 3 institutions for 35 years, this is
not that way to improve productivity. To log in every minute of activity feels
very punitive and I can't imagine that it would be well received by staff. The
best way to improve productivity is to start by asking each tech on a daily
basis what problems do they feel impacts productivity. Some items already have
general standard established such as embedding, cutting, staining. Ask your
techs for their ideas. I'm sure they will have some valid ones. Don't let the
talks dissolve into complaining. Ask for concrete ideas for improvement that
can be tried. Look for duplicity in work, records, and labeling. Make sure
they have the right tools to do their job. Get on the bench and see it for
yourself. There is nothing like first had experience to find the weak spots.
They worst way to improve productivity is to require such an onerous demand
such as a task log. All you are doing is slowing productivity, not improving.
Respectfully, Terri
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
HNL Laboratories for
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Ph: 215-938-3689
Fax: 215-938-2021
Honesty
AccouNtability
AgiLity
CoLlaboration
CoMpassion
Message: 5
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 21:42:20 -0400
From: Samantha Golden <samantha.gol...@ymail.com>
Subject: [Histonet] Productivity log
I have asked staff to start logging all the tasks they perform and the amount
of time it is taking them to complete. We would like to identify pain points
and waste in an effort to improve our overall productivity. Rather than
reinventing the wheel, does someone have a form they?ve used in the past that
they would be willing to share?
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Samantha
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