I would totally agree Angela. Without knowing all the details, I'd bet
these people are plenty busy all day everyday. I'd worry about burning
them out. And what happens when one or the other is sick or needs a
vacation?
Tom J
Thomas Jasper HT (ASCP) BAS
Histology Supervisor
Central Oregon Regi
The range for histotechs "doing other tasks" is from 200 to 78,300 slides/year
(1 to 301 slides/day).
The threshold from 99 laboratories is 9,500 slides/year = 37 slides/day per
histotech.
René J.
--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Angela Bitting wrote:
From: Angela Bitting
Subject: [Histonet] Staffing f
I have 2 full time techs (one of those techs is supposed to be devoted to
research), one part time tech that cuts controls and one part time tech on the
overnight shift to load the machines. I am supposed to only be at the bench
20% of the time, but it is much more, trying to cover vacations a
Angela,
We do about the same number of IHC slides. We run primarily Ventana
machines (one of the main benefits are reduced tech time) and are expanding
into the intellipath. Our IHC department is relatively large, we have
dedicated 1 person for leading and development, one person on both 1st and
Your " I think this is a high volume for only two people" is an
understatement! We have two techs also and cut/stain anywhere from 20 -
150 slides/day on a 7:30 - 4 pm shift and there are times when we're
pulling our hair out. Your techs must be completely over the edge; get
them some help.
Lin
