I usually had hematology technologists assisting me back when I was doing bone marrow biopsies long ago. I trained more technologists than I remember. You always have to remind the patient that you're going to be talking a lot because you're training a new assistant, but that it isn't going to make any difference to the patient.
This is one of those situations where too many docs (particularly pathologists) pitch hissy-fits, and make the procedure difficult for the assistant. Bone marrow biopsy with CT guidance - boggles the mind. Pathologists had pretty well retired from doing bone marrow biopsies by the time CT guidance became available - hematologists get paid so much more for doing them than pathologists do that they pretty well took the procedure over. I'd rather do it myself - I get big specimens properly prepared that way. I still have a couple of those old 8-gauge Westerman-Jensen needles. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
