Does anyone know where to purchase blade guards for cryotomes? I am looking
for one that can be secured in place versus a free floating piece of
plastic that could get bumped off
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Charles Riley BS HT, HTL(ASCP)CM
Histopathology Coordinator/ Mohs
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Good Morning,
I am looking for ideas/suggestions for QM Histology/Pathology. My QM director
wants me to "measure" something that I can place on the lab dashboard.
Thanks in advance for your help..
Amy Self
Histology Lab Senior Tech
Lab
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital
606 Black River Roa
Some ideas:
Proficiency Testing
Corrected Results (Addendums/Amendment) volume
Turnaround Time Monitoring
Frozen Section TAT (critical call)
Rejected Tests (empty bottles, etc)
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From: Amy Self via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, June
Also a discrepancy between the number of pieces that are dictated at gross as
being in a cassette compared to what is found in the cassette at embedding.
You can record the number of blocks that need re-embedded and the number of
slide recuts needed a month.
Linda
Linda Blazek HT (ASCP)
Path
We use:
1. Report TAT
2. Discrepant pathology reports
a. Internal vs External report correlation
b. Frozen section vs Final diagnosis correlation
c. Amended reports
I liked the idea of piece count discrepancy or even poorly processed blocks. I
nev
All:For those of you who saw my posting last week and we’re wondering about the
outcome, I’m sorry to say that I’ve received very little useful feedback. Two
individuals from StatLab sent me separate, cryptic messages indicating that
they would be be happy to either meet with me or provide a de
Terri,
I completely agree with you on the recut issue but I separate the recuts by
Quality Issue and just a deeper section. If a section is folded, has chatter
or some other quality issue then I think it needs addressed as a Quality
Management issue.
Linda Blazek HT (ASCP)
Pathology Lab Manage
Amy Self, Histology Lab Senior Tech at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial
Hospital in Georgetown SC asks:
>>I am looking for ideas/suggestions for QM Histology/Pathology. My QM
director wants me to "measure" something that I can place on the lab
dashboard.<<
Look at the August 2017 number of CAP Today