There have been some great suggestions for reducing or catching slide labeling
errors. I'm interested in the same for cassette labeling. Currently, we have
the patient's last name on one side of the cassette, and the site listed on the
other. This makes it easier to identify blocks if they ar
Some of you have given very good responses to the Dragon question. May I ask
an additional detail? Do any of you have Meditech as your information system,
and if you do, did it have any particular problems when implementing? We have
been trying to implement for a couple of months. There are
Allison,
We have not implemented Order Entry for Surgical Pathology as of yet, but it
is on the wish list for later this year. We do however, currently do our
Cytology Specimens this way. The case is ordered under OE but it is still
accessioned once received in the laboratory, so the acces
I've been reading the e-mails for a couple of days, and decided to put in an
unbiased observation. Unbiased, because I am not a Histotech. I have worked
at the same hospital for 19 years and been Manager of the Pathology department
for 7 years. We have HT's , HTL's, some certified, some not,
Hi Jodi,
We get ours from STATLAB for under $5.00 a box. There is a pricing
difference for the 8 vs. 12 bottle kit. It is almost identical to Bostwick's
box. Considering the number of bx's that you are able to charge for the price
is worth it, I think.
Beth A. Fye, CT (ASCP)
Pathology
We have an ASP 300 and have had it for 3 years. Initially we had a lot of
trouble, and it was always breaking the O-rings on the reagent bottles. We
can't remember the exact problem, but think it had something to do with a
torque that was to high.
Recently we had problems with pressure interm
We average over 400 cassettes a day, and put the Accession # on the top of the
cassette, the last name on one side and tissue type on the other side. We are
currently still doing all this by hand, but are looking into getting slide and
cassette labelers. We started doing this as a matter of sa
I'm curious if anyone out there has any feedback or comments on the new Dako
IHC Instrument, Autostainer Link 48 and/or their TPID (True Positive ID). We
are in desparate need of replacing our current DAKO instruments, and are
probably going to stick with DAKO again after looking at several ot
