[Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work

2010-03-26 Thread Kim Tournear
Hi all, I'm curious!! How many of you histotechs are being trained or already know how to do cyto prep work? And how many of you histo supervisors are now supervising cytology labs in addition to the histology lab?   Is cross training histotechs to be cyto prep techs (in addition to their histo

RE: [Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work

2010-03-26 Thread Gill, Caula A.
12:43 PM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work Hi all, I'm curious!! How many of you histotechs are being trained or already know how to do cyto prep work? And how many of you histo supervisors are now supervising cytology labs in addition to the histology lab

Re: [Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work

2010-03-26 Thread Jennifer MacDonald
kimtourn...@yahoo.com Sent by: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 03/26/2010 09:45 AM To Histonet histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu cc Subject [Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work Hi all, I'm curious!! How many of you histotechs are being trained or already know how to do cyto

Re: [Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work

2010-03-26 Thread Malika Benatti
Working in Pediatric, without a cytology department, I get opportunity to handle non-gynae cytology sample such as Bronchial Alveolar Lavage, CSF, urine, cyst aspirate blood sample, though all the sample are handle by Registered Biomedical Scientist that have been trained to handle cytological

Re: [Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work

2010-03-26 Thread Lynette Pavelich
I have worked in union hospital for almost 39 yrs. Back then, there were no cytotechs and the pathologists read out all the cytology slides. As a result, the cytoprep was in our contract to perform. Years later, when we did get cytotechs, they preferred to do all of their prep. 10 years later,

RE: [Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work

2010-03-26 Thread Cynthia Pyse
-Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Kim Tournear Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 12:43 PM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] histo techs doing cyto prep work Hi all, I'm curious!! How many of you histotechs