Re: [Histonet] cytology non-gyn screening
do your cytotechs screen the non-gyn cases? Yes Do they regularly assist with FNA's? Yes How many paps are they expected to screen in a day? Not as important as the Turn-around-time (TAT) - if the TAT is short, regularly, then all is good. Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC), FFSc(RCPA) Principal Scientist, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead Adjunct Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney Tel: 612 9845 3306 Fax: 612 9845 3318 Pathology Department the children's hospital at westmead Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, AUSTRALIA From: Nancy Schmitt via Histonet Sent: Saturday, 7 August 2021 02:55 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] cytology non-gyn screening Hello- I know a lot of places have overlap with histology/cytology - do your cytotechs screen the non-gyn cases? Do they regularly assist with FNA's? How many paps are they expected to screen in a day? This seems like a lot.. Input appreciated, Nancy Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Trinity Health and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of NSW Health or any of its entities. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
[Histonet] cytology non-gyn screening
Hello- I know a lot of places have overlap with histology/cytology - do your cytotechs screen the non-gyn cases? Do they regularly assist with FNA's? How many paps are they expected to screen in a day? This seems like a lot.. Input appreciated, Nancy Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Trinity Health and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] Processing Protocols
Hi Jessica My advice would be to process your small biopsies during the day allowing depending on the times you use at least 2 runs per day. One in the am and one in the pm. Then run your large blocks over night as per usual. Any late arriving small biopsies can be run on the am run the following day . This way everything is processed within 24 hours of arrival maintaining your TATs. Regards Tony Retired Histotragic Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Aug 2021, at 4:46 am, Terri Braud via Histonet > wrote: > > We have encountered a similar problem with one of our two processors is > down. Shortening the longer schedule produced underprocessed fatty tissues > and over processed biopsies, so we run the biopsies on the short schedule > overnight, run a quick clean cycle, then the larger tissues on the 10hr > schedule on the same instrument, pull the them off and leave them in the > embedding unit to embed in the afternoon, or next morning. It does put the > larger tissue a day behind, but does not sacrifice the quality of the > processing. It you shorten your large tissue processing run so that you can > run small biopsies with the bigger stuff, you will have to revalidate your > IHC, so maybe this might be a better alternative. Good luck, Terri > > Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) > HNL Laboratories for > Holy Redeemer Hospital > 1648 Huntingdon Pike > Meadowbrook, PA 19046 > Ph: 215-938-3689 > Fax: 215-938-3874 > Honesty > AccouNtability > AgiLity > CoLlaboration > CoMpassion > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:34:11 + > From: "Piche, Jessica" > Subject: [Histonet] Processing protocols > > Good Morning Everyone, > Our pathologist wants us to shorten our large tissue processing run so that > we can run small biopsies with the bigger stuff when one of our tissue > processors are down. We have 2 Excelsiors. Would anyone like to share any > protocols they might have for this purpose? > Thank you! > Jessica Piche, HT(ASCP} > Waterbury Hospital Histology Lab > > ___ > 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
