Re: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology
After many different forms and many efforts to make the pathologists to provide feed back about the quality of the sections and procedures, this is what I finished doing: to ask the pathologists to simply separate the slides they considered of poor quality and those unacceptable for diagnoses. It was then my job to define the problem and to addressed it with the histotech who made the slide, to determine the re-training or any other administrative action deemed necessary. After I did that I started to receive slides while before seldom any pathologist was willing to use any time to evaluate the slides. In all reality they are quite busy to take time to fill forms that, in any event, I also had to review, re-evaluate and discuss with the histotech. This procedure worked very well for me and the quality of the work was improved considerably, as well as the rejections diminished. Try this approach. René J. --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com wrote: From: Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com Subject: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 11:08 AM I am revising our daily QA sheet that we hand out to the pathologists with the HE's in the morning. I would like to gather some ideas from other sites. Does anyone have a form/chart that they would be willing to share with me? Laurie Colbert Huntington Hospital Pasadena CA ___ 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] Quality Assurance for Histology
I actually randomly review the slides before they are sent to the Pathologist any slide with incomplete sections, chatter or other major defects get re-cut at that time. Since doing this complaints from the Pathologist disappeared about the quality of the slides they were getting. They get the QA form with the last book of slides for the day. They fill it out then give it back to me. Works well for us. I do know this will not work for others, but it works for us. Tom -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:21 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: Re: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology After many different forms and many efforts to make the pathologists to provide feed back about the quality of the sections and procedures, this is what I finished doing: to ask the pathologists to simply separate the slides they considered of poor quality and those unacceptable for diagnoses. It was then my job to define the problem and to addressed it with the histotech who made the slide, to determine the re-training or any other administrative action deemed necessary. After I did that I started to receive slides while before seldom any pathologist was willing to use any time to evaluate the slides. In all reality they are quite busy to take time to fill forms that, in any event, I also had to review, re-evaluate and discuss with the histotech. This procedure worked very well for me and the quality of the work was improved considerably, as well as the rejections diminished. Try this approach. René J. --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com wrote: From: Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com Subject: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 11:08 AM I am revising our daily QA sheet that we hand out to the pathologists with the HE's in the morning. I would like to gather some ideas from other sites. Does anyone have a form/chart that they would be willing to share with me? Laurie Colbert Huntington Hospital Pasadena CA ___ 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 THIS MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL. This e-mail message and any attachments are proprietary and confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not print,distribute, or copy this message or any attachments. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message and any attachments from your computer. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of LRGHealthcare. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology
Why would you want to have the pathologists fill out a QA sheet for a function you have already performed (and should document). This would seem to be a meaningless exercise (ie, waste of time) for the pathologist. Bill Tench Associate Dir. Laboratory Services Chief, Cytology Services Palomar Medical Center 555 E. Valley Parkway Escondido, California 92025 bill.te...@pph.org Voice: 760- 739-3037 Fax: 760-739-2604 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Podawiltz, Thomas Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:28 AM To: 'Rene J Buesa'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology I actually randomly review the slides before they are sent to the Pathologist any slide with incomplete sections, chatter or other major defects get re-cut at that time. Since doing this complaints from the Pathologist disappeared about the quality of the slides they were getting. They get the QA form with the last book of slides for the day. They fill it out then give it back to me. Works well for us. I do know this will not work for others, but it works for us. Tom -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:21 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: Re: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology After many different forms and many efforts to make the pathologists to provide feed back about the quality of the sections and procedures, this is what I finished doing: to ask the pathologists to simply separate the slides they considered of poor quality and those unacceptable for diagnoses. It was then my job to define the problem and to addressed it with the histotech who made the slide, to determine the re-training or any other administrative action deemed necessary. After I did that I started to receive slides while before seldom any pathologist was willing to use any time to evaluate the slides. In all reality they are quite busy to take time to fill forms that, in any event, I also had to review, re-evaluate and discuss with the histotech. This procedure worked very well for me and the quality of the work was improved considerably, as well as the rejections diminished. Try this approach. René J. --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com wrote: From: Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com Subject: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 11:08 AM I am revising our daily QA sheet that we hand out to the pathologists with the HE's in the morning. I would like to gather some ideas from other sites. Does anyone have a form/chart that they would be willing to share with me? Laurie Colbert Huntington Hospital Pasadena CA ___ 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 THIS MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL. This e-mail message and any attachments are proprietary and confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not print,distribute, or copy this message or any attachments. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message and any attachments from your computer. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of LRGHealthcare. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet [None] made the following annotations - Confidential E-Mail: This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail, and destroy the original message and all copies. - ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology
We have a place in out LIS that the Pathologist can choose and document everything, then we run a report that tabulates and give us the values and solutions. One thing I am seeing here is that we also need to address the solution. A lot of people that I have inspected do great with marking the issues, but solutions and tracking they do not do well. Jesus Ellin -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Tench, Bill Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:02 AM To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Rene J Buesa; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology Why would you want to have the pathologists fill out a QA sheet for a function you have already performed (and should document). This would seem to be a meaningless exercise (ie, waste of time) for the pathologist. Bill Tench Associate Dir. Laboratory Services Chief, Cytology Services Palomar Medical Center 555 E. Valley Parkway Escondido, California 92025 bill.te...@pph.org Voice: 760- 739-3037 Fax: 760-739-2604 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Podawiltz, Thomas Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:28 AM To: 'Rene J Buesa'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology I actually randomly review the slides before they are sent to the Pathologist any slide with incomplete sections, chatter or other major defects get re-cut at that time. Since doing this complaints from the Pathologist disappeared about the quality of the slides they were getting. They get the QA form with the last book of slides for the day. They fill it out then give it back to me. Works well for us. I do know this will not work for others, but it works for us. Tom -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:21 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: Re: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology After many different forms and many efforts to make the pathologists to provide feed back about the quality of the sections and procedures, this is what I finished doing: to ask the pathologists to simply separate the slides they considered of poor quality and those unacceptable for diagnoses. It was then my job to define the problem and to addressed it with the histotech who made the slide, to determine the re-training or any other administrative action deemed necessary. After I did that I started to receive slides while before seldom any pathologist was willing to use any time to evaluate the slides. In all reality they are quite busy to take time to fill forms that, in any event, I also had to review, re-evaluate and discuss with the histotech. This procedure worked very well for me and the quality of the work was improved considerably, as well as the rejections diminished. Try this approach. René J. --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com wrote: From: Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com Subject: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 11:08 AM I am revising our daily QA sheet that we hand out to the pathologists with the HE's in the morning. I would like to gather some ideas from other sites. Does anyone have a form/chart that they would be willing to share with me? Laurie Colbert Huntington Hospital Pasadena CA ___ 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 THIS MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL. This e-mail message and any attachments are proprietary and confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not print,distribute, or copy this message or any attachments. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message and any attachments from your computer. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of LRGHealthcare. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet [None] made the following annotations - Confidential E-Mail: This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which
RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology
Actually, it is a CAP requirement: ANP.11713 There is documented evidence of daily review of the technical quality of histologic preparations by the pathologist. -Original Message- From: Tench, Bill [mailto:bill.te...@pph.org] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:02 AM To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Rene J Buesa; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology Why would you want to have the pathologists fill out a QA sheet for a function you have already performed (and should document). This would seem to be a meaningless exercise (ie, waste of time) for the pathologist. Bill Tench Associate Dir. Laboratory Services Chief, Cytology Services Palomar Medical Center 555 E. Valley Parkway Escondido, California 92025 bill.te...@pph.org Voice: 760- 739-3037 Fax: 760-739-2604 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Podawiltz, Thomas Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:28 AM To: 'Rene J Buesa'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology I actually randomly review the slides before they are sent to the Pathologist any slide with incomplete sections, chatter or other major defects get re-cut at that time. Since doing this complaints from the Pathologist disappeared about the quality of the slides they were getting. They get the QA form with the last book of slides for the day. They fill it out then give it back to me. Works well for us. I do know this will not work for others, but it works for us. Tom -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:21 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: Re: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology After many different forms and many efforts to make the pathologists to provide feed back about the quality of the sections and procedures, this is what I finished doing: to ask the pathologists to simply separate the slides they considered of poor quality and those unacceptable for diagnoses. It was then my job to define the problem and to addressed it with the histotech who made the slide, to determine the re-training or any other administrative action deemed necessary. After I did that I started to receive slides while before seldom any pathologist was willing to use any time to evaluate the slides. In all reality they are quite busy to take time to fill forms that, in any event, I also had to review, re-evaluate and discuss with the histotech. This procedure worked very well for me and the quality of the work was improved considerably, as well as the rejections diminished. Try this approach. René J. --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com wrote: From: Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com Subject: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 11:08 AM I am revising our daily QA sheet that we hand out to the pathologists with the HE's in the morning. I would like to gather some ideas from other sites. Does anyone have a form/chart that they would be willing to share with me? Laurie Colbert Huntington Hospital Pasadena CA ___ 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 THIS MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL. This e-mail message and any attachments are proprietary and confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not print,distribute, or copy this message or any attachments. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message and any attachments from your computer. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of LRGHealthcare. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet [None] made the following annotations - Confidential E-Mail: This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e
RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology
Sorry, you are right about that. But, one wonders, if the problem has been solved before they get the slides, what's the usefulness of the activity (that would be a CAP debate) Bill Tench Associate Dir. Laboratory Services Chief, Cytology Services Palomar Medical Center 555 E. Valley Parkway Escondido, California 92025 bill.te...@pph.org Voice: 760- 739-3037 Fax: 760-739-2604 -Original Message- From: Laurie Colbert [mailto:laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:07 AM To: Tench, Bill; Podawiltz, Thomas; Rene J Buesa; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology Actually, it is a CAP requirement: ANP.11713 There is documented evidence of daily review of the technical quality of histologic preparations by the pathologist. -Original Message- From: Tench, Bill [mailto:bill.te...@pph.org] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:02 AM To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Rene J Buesa; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology Why would you want to have the pathologists fill out a QA sheet for a function you have already performed (and should document). This would seem to be a meaningless exercise (ie, waste of time) for the pathologist. Bill Tench Associate Dir. Laboratory Services Chief, Cytology Services Palomar Medical Center 555 E. Valley Parkway Escondido, California 92025 bill.te...@pph.org Voice: 760- 739-3037 Fax: 760-739-2604 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Podawiltz, Thomas Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:28 AM To: 'Rene J Buesa'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: RE: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology I actually randomly review the slides before they are sent to the Pathologist any slide with incomplete sections, chatter or other major defects get re-cut at that time. Since doing this complaints from the Pathologist disappeared about the quality of the slides they were getting. They get the QA form with the last book of slides for the day. They fill it out then give it back to me. Works well for us. I do know this will not work for others, but it works for us. Tom -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:21 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Laurie Colbert Subject: Re: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology After many different forms and many efforts to make the pathologists to provide feed back about the quality of the sections and procedures, this is what I finished doing: to ask the pathologists to simply separate the slides they considered of poor quality and those unacceptable for diagnoses. It was then my job to define the problem and to addressed it with the histotech who made the slide, to determine the re-training or any other administrative action deemed necessary. After I did that I started to receive slides while before seldom any pathologist was willing to use any time to evaluate the slides. In all reality they are quite busy to take time to fill forms that, in any event, I also had to review, re-evaluate and discuss with the histotech. This procedure worked very well for me and the quality of the work was improved considerably, as well as the rejections diminished. Try this approach. René J. --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com wrote: From: Laurie Colbert laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com Subject: [Histonet] Quality Assurance for Histology To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 11:08 AM I am revising our daily QA sheet that we hand out to the pathologists with the HE's in the morning. I would like to gather some ideas from other sites. Does anyone have a form/chart that they would be willing to share with me? Laurie Colbert Huntington Hospital Pasadena CA ___ 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 THIS MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL. This e-mail message and any attachments are proprietary and confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not print,distribute, or copy this message or any attachments. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message and any attachments from your computer. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those
