RE: [Histonet] Lab Telephone

2009-08-19 Thread Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)
When our new lab was built they gave us phones that could only be used for dialing out...and none in the smaller, procedure rooms. We argued that the tissue processors and other instruments were often in these procedure rooms and it would be handy if we needed a service tech to walk us through a

Re: [Histonet] Lab Telephone

2009-08-18 Thread Rene J Buesa
Sara: Calculate: time to go to and back from the telephone TIMES an average number of calls/day = HOURS walking to take care of phone calls, and that time substract it from 8 hours/day and calculate the PRODUCTIVITY reduction you (and you boss) are going to have because not having a phone near

RE: [Histonet] Lab Telephone

2009-08-18 Thread Dawson, Glen
Sara, Maybe you're looking a gift horse in the mouth. There have been many days that I WISHED that I had no phone in my lab because it was a constant distraction in an already hectic day. Once your boss has to hand deliver a few messages/orders to you, he/she will most likely provide a phone