RE: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC
I would totally agree Angela. Without knowing all the details, I'd bet these people are plenty busy all day everyday. I'd worry about burning them out. And what happens when one or the other is sick or needs a vacation? Tom J Thomas Jasper HT (ASCP) BAS Histology Supervisor Central Oregon Regional Pathology Services Bend, Oregon 97701 541/693-2677 tjas...@copc.net -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Angela Bitting Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:42 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC I'm hoping some of the larger hospitals out there will share their data with me. I'm curious as to how labs are staffed for doing IF/IHC/CISH. A small portion of our staining protocols still require pretreatment by hand, but we run instruments that do the pretreatments on board for the majority of our stains. We have 2 IHC techs, 1 on 1st shift and 1 on 3rd shift.Together they are cutting and staining between 200-350 slides per day. I think this is a high volume for only two people. What do you all think? IMPORTANT WARNING: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. ___ 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
Re: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC
The range for histotechs "doing other tasks" is from 200 to 78,300 slides/year (1 to 301 slides/day). The threshold from 99 laboratories is 9,500 slides/year = 37 slides/day per histotech. René J. --- On Thu, 12/17/09, Angela Bitting wrote: From: Angela Bitting Subject: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 12:42 PM I'm hoping some of the larger hospitals out there will share their data with me. I'm curious as to how labs are staffed for doing IF/IHC/CISH. A small portion of our staining protocols still require pretreatment by hand, but we run instruments that do the pretreatments on board for the majority of our stains. We have 2 IHC techs, 1 on 1st shift and 1 on 3rd shift.Together they are cutting and staining between 200-350 slides per day. I think this is a high volume for only two people. What do you all think? IMPORTANT WARNING: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. ___ 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
RE: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC
I have 2 full time techs (one of those techs is supposed to be devoted to research), one part time tech that cuts controls and one part time tech on the overnight shift to load the machines. I am supposed to only be at the bench 20% of the time, but it is much more, trying to cover vacations and sick time. I also help out on the research end and we have lots of it. There are times when we are extremely overwhelmed with IHC's and ISH/CISH We do about 35K IHC a year, not including the research slides. Loralee McMahon, HTL (ASCP) Immunohistochemistry Supervisor Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Surgical Pathology (585) 275-7210 From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Angela Bitting [akbitt...@geisinger.edu] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:42 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC I'm hoping some of the larger hospitals out there will share their data with me. I'm curious as to how labs are staffed for doing IF/IHC/CISH. A small portion of our staining protocols still require pretreatment by hand, but we run instruments that do the pretreatments on board for the majority of our stains. We have 2 IHC techs, 1 on 1st shift and 1 on 3rd shift.Together they are cutting and staining between 200-350 slides per day. I think this is a high volume for only two people. What do you all think? IMPORTANT WARNING: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. ___ 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
Re: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC
Angela, We do about the same number of IHC slides. We run primarily Ventana machines (one of the main benefits are reduced tech time) and are expanding into the intellipath. Our IHC department is relatively large, we have dedicated 1 person for leading and development, one person on both 1st and 2nd shift running the IHC as well as 1 person who will assist as needed on both shifts. Our IF and ISH are done on a seperate bench. We still have days where our IHC bench is overwhelmed even with as many people as we have. It seems that IHC volume per case in all institutions is going up as more tests are being developed. Patrick Laurie HT(ASCP)QIHC Histology Supervisor CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories 1124 Columbia Street, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98104 On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Angela Bitting wrote: > I'm hoping some of the larger hospitals out there will share their data > with me. > I'm curious as to how labs are staffed for doing IF/IHC/CISH. > A small portion of our staining protocols still require pretreatment by > hand, but we run instruments that do the pretreatments on board for the > majority of our stains. > We have 2 IHC techs, 1 on 1st shift and 1 on 3rd shift.Together they are > cutting and staining between 200-350 slides per day. I think this is a high > volume for only two people. What do you all think? > > > > IMPORTANT WARNING: The information in this message (and the documents > attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is > intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is > unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, > copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in > reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this > message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and > the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have > created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. > > ___ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > -- Patrick Laurie HT(ASCP)QIHC CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories 1124 Columbia Street, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98104 PH: 206-215-5949 plau...@cellnetix.com ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC
Your " I think this is a high volume for only two people" is an understatement! We have two techs also and cut/stain anywhere from 20 - 150 slides/day on a 7:30 - 4 pm shift and there are times when we're pulling our hair out. Your techs must be completely over the edge; get them some help. Linda A. Sebree University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics IHC/ISH Laboratory DB1-223 VAH 600 Highland Ave. Madison, WI 53792 (608)265-6596 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Angela Bitting Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:42 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Staffing for IHC I'm hoping some of the larger hospitals out there will share their data with me. I'm curious as to how labs are staffed for doing IF/IHC/CISH. A small portion of our staining protocols still require pretreatment by hand, but we run instruments that do the pretreatments on board for the majority of our stains. We have 2 IHC techs, 1 on 1st shift and 1 on 3rd shift.Together they are cutting and staining between 200-350 slides per day. I think this is a high volume for only two people. What do you all think? IMPORTANT WARNING: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. ___ 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
[Histonet] Staffing for IHC
I'm hoping some of the larger hospitals out there will share their data with me. I'm curious as to how labs are staffed for doing IF/IHC/CISH. A small portion of our staining protocols still require pretreatment by hand, but we run instruments that do the pretreatments on board for the majority of our stains. We have 2 IHC techs, 1 on 1st shift and 1 on 3rd shift.Together they are cutting and staining between 200-350 slides per day. I think this is a high volume for only two people. What do you all think? IMPORTANT WARNING: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
