What safety items do you keep in your lab besides the normal apron, gloves, eye
wash stations and shower? Thanks!
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Safety glasses, counter top shield, lab coats. A fire blanket is another safety
measure you could look into. Be sure that sprinklers are tested periodically,
and that all flammables are in a safety cabinet.
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Good morning,
I know that this has been talked about on here before but I cannot find my
email regarding this issue. I need your help. When billing for IHC is the cpt
code 88343 pertaining to the dual or triple antibodies on one slide? 88342 for
the initial antibody? 88434 for each
Don't forget to make sure you have a spill kit and its labeled well with
easy access, Inspectors will ask employees if they know where it and
your fire extinguisher and alarm are located. Anne
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
also you should have posted the emergency evacuation map as well meeting place.
Kate Mendell
Histopathology/Lab Manager
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. ~Henry Ford
HOWARD S. GOLDBERG, M.D., INC
990 Paradise Road
Swampscott, MA 01907
TEL: 781.595.0151
FAX:
Newest CAP inspection stupid thing. They want you to periodically check your
spill kit for clumping, since it does not have an expiration date. I challenged
it, but don't know if will go through.
Robert A. Eytalis
Laboratory Manager
robert-eyta...@riversidehealthcare.net
Phone: (815) 935-7256
Are they looking for documentation that it's been checked, or will they take
your word for it?
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Eytalis, Robert
A
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 10:51 AM
Hi Everyone,
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
I am working on my Quality Indicators/Assessment and was setting a goal for our
frozen section TAT's and was wondering if there was an overall standard TAT
goal that everyone was using as far as percentage of
If it isn't documented it isn't done!
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rathborne, Toni
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:09 AM
To: 'Eytalis, Robert A'; Anne Murvosh; Amber McKenzie;
Hi Peggy!
You talk about a lab with many specimens, many blocks.
What do you think is the number of blocks, where a change from batch to
flow makes sense?
We have about 300 blocks per day and work from 6.30 till 15.30. Usually we
are ready with slide-distribution at noon. And we do also IHC,
That should be the slogan for NSH next year :D
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Blazek, Linda
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:26 AM
To: Rathborne, Toni; 'Eytalis, Robert A'; Anne Murvosh;
That's my understanding as well.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Tarango
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 6:03 PM
To: Johns, Jill
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re:
So we have a facility we do some work for that requires both the hand written
number and the slide label be viewable, so we place the slide label a little
lower and write the number on the top of the frosted end. Does CAP recognize
both numbers as a legal record? The reason I ask is because
Document, document, document! Believe me, you will get dinged on this if it is
not documented, we found out first hand :(
Vincent Rivera, HT (ASCP), QIHC, QLS
Histopathology Supervisor
West Dermatology Pathology Laboratory
vriv...@westderm.com
714-924-7240 (Lab)
714-390-0906 (Cell)
Where do you get your spill kit? Do you have a company and part number? Thanks!
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From: Vincent Rivera [mailto:vriv...@westderm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:31 AM
To: 'Rathborne, Toni'; 'Eytalis, Robert A'; Anne Murvosh; Amber McKenzie;
We just posted a part time HT position at Tuality Community Hospital in
Hillsboro, Oregon. Go to Tuality.org under careers to apply. Tuality has a
great pathology lab that is only open M-F. Position is for 24 hours per week
with benefits.
Cathy Crumpton HT(ASCP), Lead Histotechnician
On Tue, 7 Jan 2014, Amber asked:
What safety items do you keep in your lab besides the normal apron,
gloves, eye wash stations and shower? Thanks!
We also keep:
1. Full face splash shields
2. Masks
3. Full sleeve, fluid resistant lab coats (OSHA requirement)
4. Plastic/Rubber Aprons
5. Chemical
You can go through any company pretty much, but remember you need a formalin
spill kit as well as a solvent spill kit (for xylene and other spills)
Dorothy Webb
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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On
To add clarity, there is a 2D barcode on the block, we scan at microtomy and
then label the slide. The system is really idiot proof ASSUMING the techs cut
and label one block at a time, which we strictly enforce. The error here
occurred when writing the number on the slide, I think he looked at
I'm curious. How many techs do you have working in your lab that you are able
to complete 300 blocks including IHC, FISH, etc in 9 hours? Do your techs also
gross? Do your techs put the slides together in folders with reports to be
distributed to the pathologists?
Thanks,
Barbara S.
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From: Joe W. Walker, Jr. joewal...@rrmc.org
To: Paula Lucas plu...@biopath.org, histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 4:15:39 PM
Subject: RE: [Histonet] New code 88343
Yes, this appears to be correct. Excerpted from Dennis
Does everyone charge non-Medicare per block or per specimen?
Thanks, j
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
678-843-7376 Phone
678-843-7831 Fax
joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org
www.saintjosephsatlanta.org
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30342
This e-mail, including any attachments is the
Good Afternoon,
Since we can no longer get ASR Probes from Ventana for HPV testing on tissue,
we are wondering what other labs are doing to provide this test.
Your help is greatly appreciated !
Linda
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Per specimen, but CAP is fighting for approval from CMS for per block billing.
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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Weems, Joyce K.
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 3:12 PM
To: histonet
Subject:
Do you any of you have your accessioning area right next to your grossing
station so that the person accessioning can put cases on a cart and the person
grossing can just grab each case and gross it in as they are being accessioned?
Just curious about this setup. Thanks!
Yes. We have ours that way. Our whole lab flows around the room. This is the
LEAN way.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Amber McKenzie
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 3:31 PM
To:
We do it that way as well. It seems to flow quite nicely and it works well for
us.
Karen
Karen L. Bauer HTL/HT (ASCP) | Histology Supervisor | Pathology | MOHS Lab
Supervisor | Dermatology | Phone: 715-838-3205 | bauer.ka...@mayo.edu | Mayo
Clinic Health System | 1221 Whipple Street | Eau
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