I recently had the great honor to serve as a CAP inspector in Arizona. The lab
we inspected will be accredited.
Lest we forget as inspectors or future inspectors, I hope the below perspective
illuminates the purpose of the CAP inspection and helps preserve the integrity
of the program if adh
There is a great need for standardization in histotechnology, from forms,
policies, procedures/methods to controls processes and protocols. Hope NSH is
working with ASCP and CAP to make this happen.
MSgt Ian R Bernard, HT(ASCP), MSHA-UAB
Anatomic Pathology Lab Manager
USAF- Active Duty
210-687
just get the coding book
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Does anyone know where I can find a list of all the special stains/IHC stains
with their appropriate CPT code? Is there a book to buy or can I google it and
print something off? Thanks!
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I appreciate your thoughts. True, seems like they couldn't be too specific in
their requirements if they cannot list specifically what they require ( when
you specifically ask), what a sentence! We will all find out if that is the
case or not soon enough.
Anyhow, I just want to agree with you t
We have 4 slides with 2 section on each. We take a ribbon put 2 sections for
unstained and 2 sections for H&E pare in about 200um depending on how much
tissue there is then re-soak cool and take2 sections for unstained and 2
sections H&E.
We do this for all colon Bx's. We re-soak to prevent th
Well, it would be nice if that was the case but we ended up with a deficiency.
It was rather disappointing given our overall documentation.
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> On Apr 9, 2014, at 4:37 PM, "Sue" wrote:
>
> So I went to one of the CAP webinars regarding competency And when I asked
> what ab
Dissection for frozen sections is a high complexity task, there may be an issue
with the
histologist. I am not so sure about usnig telepathology for the pathologist to
ID where to
take the section. This is touchy and I would hate to put the tech in the
position if there
was an error.
Regarding sectioning of the specimen for frozen section, we had a video
camera set up so the pathologist could view the specimen and direct the
"person" on the other end how and what to section. We ended up not using
this scenario, but had planned to see if it was an "approved" method. I
suspect
So I went to one of the CAP webinars regarding competency And when I asked
what about
histology there were complete silence on the other end of the line and than
they said there was
nothing for histology.
At our site they want something for very division so I put together a basic
fo
We just installed the VisionTek from Sakura. It is my understanding that the
primary diagnosis cannot be made by telepathology at this time.
Victor
Victor Tobias HT(ASCP)
Clinical Applications Analyst
Harborview Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room NJB244
Seattle, WA 98104
vtob...@u.washington.
Here is the scenario..we are located in one state and the hospital we want
to provide frozen section coverage for is in another state. Can they have a
histotech on site that can prepare the frozen and then send the image to my
pathologist to read it? Does that person onsite have to be a pat
yes, I know- just meant the things that were more complicated- as in my
checklist is longer. I mis-spoke, or "mis-typed" I guess.
Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 13:12:58 -0400
> From: tbr...@holyredeemer.com
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [H
We have used a WebEx session before. The remote site projects the
microscopic image onto their desktop then shares the desktop. We also have
one account that has an IP addressable microscope. This costs more but is
more efficient.
Douglas A. Porter, HT (ASCP)
Grossing Technician
IT Coordinato
We are looking into Sakura's slide scanner for frozen sections.
We looked at several a few months back and liked the Sakura model
best but put it on the backburner. Now we're ready to purchase.
Hope this helps.
Sheila Haas
MicroPath Laboratories, Inc.
Lakeland, FL
> From: ll...@aipathology.com
Hi Histonet,
I am working up the PLA2R1 antibody on a ventana benchmark optiview, and am
having false positive staining with the negative control I am using. Is anyone
working up the PLA2R1 antibody, if so what is your protocol for this antibody?
What fixative are you using for your kidney biop
This question may have already been asked, so sorry for redundancy.
Are any of your labs using telepathology for frozen sections? If so, what
company are you working with?
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LeAnn Lang
Associates in Pathology
Practice Administrator
Phone:
I have an extensive competency form that has passed many inspections. I
will be glad to email it to anyone who is interested. I, too, struggled
to make QA/QC compliance folks understand that this is not testing. I
tell them that what we do is prep work and that the interpretation of
the slides
Just to clarify, IHC is not high complexity testing.
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Holy Redeemer Hospital Laboratory
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Ph: 215-938-3676
Fax: 215-938-3874
Message: 12
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:26:47 +
From: joelle weaver
Subjec
CAP inspectors may have opinions which differ from our own, and their
interpretation of standards may also be different. Have you challenged this
deficiency with CAP?
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] O
True there is inspector variation. Maybe we should all pool our resources and
see what we can come up with collaboratively? It is great to know what the CAP
feedback has been so we can all fill in any gaps.
Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
> From: trathbo...@somerset-healthcare.com
> T
What we had here, which did not meet the CAP inspectors requirements
apparently, were the procedure (of course); a form with each observation of
each task documented along with any corrective action necessary; the
correlation of proficiency tests, educational assessments and performance
review
The NSH does have some good basic forms that may help in getting your
organization's forms together. I would probably evolve them from those into
what fits in with your situation.
There have been a couple of webinars in the past dealing with competency in
histology and meeting requirements un
Is the question that Ronnie posed yesterday requesting justification of the
need and extent of competency documentation for histology, or is it just a form
needed? The general checklist pretty much sums up the necessity for doing, and
required elements to me- GEN. 55500 and CLIA. Maybe I am no
We based ours off the Michigan Society of Histotechnologist's Competency
Assessment Handbook (available on their website for a nominal fee). We
took some of their forms/ideas and modified them for our use.
Patrick Laurie(HT)ASCP QIHC
Histology Manager
Celligent Diagnostics, LLC
101 East W.T. H
Thanks for the reference Patrick!
> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 08:22:34 -0400
> From: foreig...@gmail.com
> To: sad...@wisc.edu
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: competency form
> CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; ronald.hous...@nationwidechildrens.org
>
> We based ours off the Michigan Society of
I don't know if it's reasonable to share with all of us, but I bet there are
a lot of us that would be interested in how others are approaching these
topics. I doubt there are that many workshops on the issue-or have there
been teleconferences maybe that cover the subject?
_Sally
Sally Ann Drew,
We were recently dinged by CAP for our competency assessments in all areas.
While that's no longer my immediate responsibility, I would love to be able to
assist the lab manager with some information so we can tweek our assessments if
you all wouldn't mind sharing with me as well.
Thanks a bunch
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