You need to tell your manager that you cannot do your job without proper tools.
Only the tech cutting knows how many blades he or she needs to cut a days work.
These micro managers need to do some bench work and get a reality check.
Unbelievable!
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Is your manager a Tech? Sure does not sound like one. Anyone that is willing to
compromise the quality of diagnostic slides to save a dollar should not be in a
management position.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
What total rubbish, what planet is this manager from??? Good
luck..
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Moore
Sent: 17 June 2013 22:11
To:
Pleased to see that you have many options for employees to pursue and fit in
with different skill and education levels. I definitely prefer new hires that
are at least exam eligible. In my lab situation it is just not good for the
workflow to have work around their ability to do or not do
Certainly techs should be conscious of not wasting supplies- but I have never
known this to be an issue. If the goal is to reduce costs,? Rationing blades
has to be one of the worst and least effective means to achieve that. I can
think of so many other ways to reduce waste(cost), that will
Wow!!! It is pretty obvious this person has never worked as a HT. There are
somethings you can cut corners but somethings you cannot. Do they want
unreadable slides.I would without hesitation say to this manager the reason
why this is not a good idea and would he want substandard slides
The price of a few blades is nothing compared to a law suit for intentional
neglect and endangerment to patient care. Not to mention some blades are bad
when they come out of the box. This is a very good example of pound foolish
and penny wise. Only the tech cutting knows when they need to
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Thanks!
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Teresa,
I concur with the all the responses. It seems your lab manager is not grasping
the technical reality you must work under. If you are being asked to save
money on blades why not try some different brands or negotiate some better
pricing? That is something the lab manager can work on.
At 200 blocks/day x 5 days/week x 4 weeks/month = 4000 blocks/month which means
that the 3 of you will have to use 1 blade every 80 blocks including trimming
and sectioning which is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!
The cost of blades, especially the better ones, are going up and you can save
by using one
Hello Histonetters!!!,
I hope you are having a great week. I wanted to send a quick note to tell
you about the positions that I am working on and am most excited about.
Why am I excited about these positions? Because each of these clients was
asked if I had a histotech for you today would you
A stingy person is called an Iron Rooster (tie gong ji) in Chinese.
An iron rooster won't turn loose of even one feather.
The scratches that appear on slides cut with blades that should have
been changed --we call
them iron rooster tracks. Sort of a pun since many people think Chinese
Good morning,
This question is for those in the New York state area: What is needed for an
HTL to become licensed to work in New York state. I have two students who are
moving to the area after graduation (August), and will be eligible to sit for
the ASCP HTL. The problem is the license
I run an academic lab on a very tight budget. A paper towel used to dry washed
hands is used again. Outdated dye solutions are adsorbed onto a small pile of
old paper towels to save on waste disposal costs. (A quarter-pound of solid
waste costs less to dispose of than 2 liters of aqueous
Joelle, We have a situation here at UC San Francisco that is almost ideal
concerning personnel. We have a largish lab - 13 techs in histo alone (Kaiser
across the bay has over 40, so we feel large-ish compared to them!), 4 in EM, 8
in grossing, so people have an opportunity for variety. Our
Rene, Thanks (again!) for putting the numbers up on this.
It is one thing to say not a good idea but as has been said, if you can count
it you can manage it, so it's the numbers that will convince people.
Numbers help in the discussion by making the situation real. How about some
numbers
Please remove me from the mailing list as well.
Thanks.
Ms Ruth Riisnaes
Cancer Biomarkers Team
MGN3, MUCRC
The Institute of Cancer Research
15, Cotswold Road
Sutton
Surrey SM2 5NG
Tel. 020 8643 8901 x 4778
Fax 020 8722 4084
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They will need to take the HT and have the results sent to NYS for their
license. At this time NYS does not recognize the HTL exam for licensure
eligibility.
Jen Campbell
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On Jun 18, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Mayer,Toysha N tnma...@mdanderson.org wrote:
Good morning,
This
200 blocks per day / 3 techs = 66 blocks per day per tech
66 blocks X 20 workdays a month = 1320 blocks a month
1320 blocks / 50 pack of blades = 26 blocks per blade
Resonable or not? You decide.
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On Jun 17, 2013, at 5:10 PM, Teresa Moore tmoor...@gmail.com wrote:
I
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Paula K. Pierce, HTL(ASCP)HT
President
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8901 S. Santa Fe, Suite G
Oklahoma City, OK 73139
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www.excaliburpathology.com
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:47:39 -0700
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Subject: Re: Re: [Histonet] Blade Rationing
CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; tmoor...@gmail.com
Love this! Where is the
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From: Thomas Jasper
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:52 AM
To: 'Teresa Moore'
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Blade Rationing
Teresa,
I concur with the all the responses. It seems your lab manager is not grasping
the technical reality
I don't think it's a matter of being reasonable or not, though I think 26
blocks is a bit high.
The major issue is taking away the discretion of the tech to make a decision as
to the quality of the slide they are producing.
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26 blocks per blade
That's good. At the price we pay for blades that would be less than $11.00 per
day per tech (150 blocks/day average), OR LESS THAN 20 MIN OF PAY PER TECH!! If
they were limiting their blades, how many minutes would they spend trying to
get good sections, or how expensive
No.
By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of
their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new
story for their lives. Move forward.
-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Ruth Riisnaes ruth.riisn...@icr.ac.ukwrote:
There is no reason to cut quality of the slides by rationing blades. You
have just made your techs job harder, which will effect TAT and now will
probably get numerous recuts not to mention phone calls from the pathologist
reading the slides. I tell my techs use what you need. I purchase them the
Desperately trying to salvage something positive out of this justifiably
acrimonious thread...may I suggest the following blade conservation strategy,
that though perhaps well-known, hasn't come up in this discussion yet.
By using one blade as a trimming blade, the 'edge' on the next blade will
Just wondering if your manager will be seeing any of these responses?
Andrea Grantham, HT (ASCP)
Senior Research Specialist
University of Arizona
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Histology Service Laboratory
P.O.Box 245044
Tucson, AZ 85724
I work in a hospital, there are three of us on this particular shift and we
cut approx. 200 blocks, give or take a few. Our histo lab manager is telling
us we should only be using one pack of blades (50 per pack) a month. I'm
wondering what other techs think of this especially lab managers
I have a 6ml bottle (predilute) of Biocare's polyclonal p40 antibody that
expired 3/13. We can't use it anymore, but is there anyone out there who can?
I'll be happy to send it to you. It seems like such a waste to throw out that
amount of antibody.
Clare J. Thornton, HTL(ASCP),QIHC
Hi Toysha
Yes, this is correct. It is unfortunate but this is the way the law has been
written, much to our disappointment.I would be more than happy to speak to you
directly about this and will give you a call asap.
Luis
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Luis Chiriboga Ph.D.
President, New York State
Thank You! If you have ever had to break one down and clean and put it
back together you would know it is difficult (at best) to even turn the
handle. These are precisely machined and don't operate well ...if at all
when warm. I suppose though that you could cut your sections cold ,
however seems
I really appreciate everyone's constructive comments regarding my post on
blade rationing. Lots of you said there are many other ways to cut costs
in the lab. I would like to hear some of your suggestions so I can take
them back to my manager. I'd like to give her some legitimate alternatives
Anyone willing to share IHC Technician Competency checklist?
Thanks in advance
Joe Maslanka BS, CT,HT (ASCP)
Anatomical Pathology Technical Supervisor
St Peter's Hospital,MT 59601
(P)(406) 447-2406
(F)(406)444-2126
Give thanks for ALL things.
Kindness is the language the blind can see
Hello to all in histo land. In January we will have an outpatient surgery
center that will have a frozen section lab located there. We are now in the
stages of figuring out how we will get specimens from there to our main
histology lab. Is there anyone out there that has the same sort of
Hello Histonet! I'm a long time reader first time poster. Does anyone have
experience processing guinea pig tissues? I have been processing kidney and
heart but it is consistently coming out mushy in the middle. The mouse
tissue comes out fine even when processed on the same run. I had the tissue
I understand your point about telling your manager where to cut costs, but that
is YOUR MANAGER'S job for which s/he is for sure better paid than you are.
Let s/he figure that out!
Just warn your manager about the loss of quality with a measure like the one
you have been asked to comply with.
Had a thought change in the middle of a sentence, forgive the grammatical
error, we're
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Curt
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:36 PM
To: Teresa Moore;
I'd send an email to both of them, show's them that you're being proactive and
taking the initiative to look out for patient care AND the best interests of
the lab/hosp. Include the lab director to get credit for your high level of
care, so the manager doesn't take all the credit. This is how
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the NX70 Cryostat made by
ThermoFisher?
Thanks,
Matt
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Hello Histonet, and thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself:
My name is Ryan Hickey, and I will soon be graduating from a
NAACLS-accredited 1-year program in Histotechnology from The University of
Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center School of Health Professions. I am in the
final stage
You may contact me at rmhicke...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Ryan Hickey rmhicke...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Histonet, and thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself:
My name is Ryan Hickey, and I will soon be graduating from a
NAACLS-accredited 1-year program in
Good Answer!!! ;)
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