Good Morning Histo Peeps: Back from a great trip to NSH NOLA and hit the ground running yesterday. I am faced with a department coverage issue which impacts our TAT. I am curious how many facilities have their histologists assist with BM Bx’s. I have never in my 50 years as a histologist assisted with BM Bx’s. That responsibility was under the hematology department responsibilities.
We have 4 FT Histo tech’s and 1 PNR in our department. Yesterday we had 2 histologists pulled away from bench duties to assist with BM Bx’s, and then another histo tech was called to go to the main hospital to cut FS’s, which is 2 blokes away. One of the tech’s was gone for 3 hrs because the pathologist performing the BM was extremely slow. That left 1 tech and myself to cover bench duties. Keep in mind this is a county hospital with limited funding and a freeze on staffing. Thank you in advance for your input. Akemi Akemi Allison, BS, HT/HTL Histology Supervisor UMC El Paso, TX _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
