[Histonet] Histotechnician Responsibilities

[KHays <@t> mbhs.org]

Kathy Tedford-Hays  HT (ASCP)
Technical Specialist, Histology Dept
(601)-968-3070 ext 7398
Baptist Medical Center
1225 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202

it can  depend on if they are certified by ascp as a ht at my hospital.
are you certified?   i have all certified techs at present.  one of which
is half way through her exam.    i would ask for the htl's job description
to review.  see the differences in job descriptions.  maybe the supervisor
has seen some cut aways coming from  only the ht's and wants to limit the
liability in the future.   did the supervisor experience some tissues that
were not cut properly recently?  i have taken techs off of performing
certain duties if i see a trend coming from specific ht's and then i go
over the problem and they practice and hopefully when my faith is renewed i
assign them more challenging cases (biopsies).


                                                                                                                      
                      Jessica Piche                                                                                   
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I just found out today that my job description has changed. The job
description that I have had since I started working states, "Responsible
for the preparation of routine diagnostic slides by fixation and processing
of tissue blocks.........." The new job description states, "Responsible
for the preparation of routine (non-biopsy) diagnostic slides by fixation
etc". Are there other HT's out there that are not allowed to cut small
biopsy tissue samples? Are HT's only there to cut the "big tissue"? I would
appreciate other peoples input on the subject. Thanks so much.

Jessica Piche-Grocki, HT


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