We no longer do Gyn, but when we did we had lab assistants do the prep. Have
lab asst for non-Gyn prep currently. J
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30342
678-843-7376 - Phone
678-843-7831 - Fax
-Original Message-
Fr
We have lab assistants running thin preps.
Our cytotechs screen and do HPV.
Sheila Haas
Laboratory Supervisor
MicroPath Laboratories, Inc.
From: Cynthia Pyse
To: Histonet
Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 9:51:35 AM
Subject: [Histonet] cyto prep
Good Morning Hist
This is a fairly common problem with ThinPrep slides even after educating
our clinicians. We have found that vortexing the vial a minute or two just
before processing helps with the cellularity. If you visually inspect the
vial there is quite a bit of clumping. I think the vortexing helps break
We had the same problem here and after much QC to follow
trends, found that it was the same two clinicians. They
had 2 of 8 exam rooms with the wrong lubricant and also
needed more information on collection. Since then, no
further problems.
Sheila Haas
Laboratory Supervisor
Micro Path Laboratorie
Mike -
Lubricant is the bane of our existence when it comes to ThinPrep. We
process 30 - 70 urine specimens per day, and we have that problem
whenever excess lubricant is used. We set up a protocol to use a 1:9
glacial acetic acid:Cytolyt solution as a wash when we encounter the
problem. Somet
