A couple scenarios:
1. FNA with immediate interpretation ( adequacy) and you make 4
cytospins from the remaining material?
2. Three more passes at the same site. What codes are you using?
3. What professional CPT codes are you generating.
Thanks.
Debbie M. Boyd l Chief
I just feel if you didn't care for the subject/blog (doesn't pertain to you,
you don't have any exposure to it etc. ) you could have deleted it without
being so mean spirited. I have in the past ignored the mean spirited sparring,
but this was a bit much.
Whatever happened to kindness?
Just my
We use the syringe used for the smears and the syringe used for the aspirate.
We do not put it in an anti-coagulate. We simply let the syringe specimen clot
and place it in lens paper in a cassette and place in 10% formalin for
processing. If you are doing Flow Cytometry/Cytogenetic studies
There is a non-slip epoxy paint that is very durable. There is also a textured
flooring that is used in both histology labs and OR suites. Neither is cheap
but a lot less than legal repercussions.
We have the textured flooring in our lab. Works great. A little harder to
scrub, EVS uses a
Definitely the paths/PA's responsibility. Putting it in the histotech's court
is like saying the car is responsible for hitting the pedestrian (not the
driver). Crazy. We sometimes can see them when embedding but by then the tissue
is not as pliable for easy removal without disturbing the
We use KP Marker Plus from Mercedes Medical, www.mercedesmedical.com or
1-800-331-2716.
Alcohol and Americlear resistant. We do not use Xylene.
Debbie M. Boyd HT (ASCP) | Chief Histologist | Southside Regional Medical
Center | 200 Medical Park Blvd. | Petersburg, Va. 23805 | PH
