[Histonet] Turnaround time for Research Pathology
Folks, I am looking for some standard turnaround times for histology services including processing to embedding, processing to HE, and processing to HE and IHC. Does anyone have that data? Also, how do other folks handle standard turnaround time for research samples? We may get anything from 5 specimens to 300 specimens that just need paraffin processing and 1 HE. Or we may get a request for 10 samples for paraffin-processing, 10 slides each with 2 HE and 7 different IHC stains per case. Any insight on this would be very helpful. Thanks, Julie Julie Randolph-Habecker, Ph.D. Director, Experimental Histopathology Shared Resources Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1100 Fairview Ave N, DE-360 Seattle WA 98109-1024 Tel: 206-667-6119 Fax: 206-667-6845 jhabe...@fhcrc.org ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] Turnaround time for Research Pathology
Julie, I've worked in both the clinical and research environments, and the turnaround time depends on which you're talking about. 200-400 blocks a day with about 50% multiple levels and unstained slides, 30-70 immunos, and one or two dozen special stains is a normal day at the hospital lab I'm currently working at. That's a less than 24 hour turn around time for four busy histotechs. On the other hand, for most research labs I've worked at, the turnaround time would be whenever. Sounds to me like your PI's are wanting their stuff out faster. Maybe you are understaffed. Don't expect much sympathy from clinical lab folks. Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP) ___ 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
