[Histonet] Workload

[Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF]

Hello Everyone,  I was wondering if someone could give me some feedback on
some questions.  Do you think 80-100 cassettes a day is too much for one
tech in a 8 hour period?  We are looking at only a few special stains and
probably not a lot of recuts.  No IHC's. I am trying to figure out schedules
and perhaps hiring a part timer.  H&E will be continuous feed autostainer
and special stains will be done by hand.  If you did have 2 techs. could
they reasonably get 80-100 cassettes done from embedding to
coverslipped(done by hand) in 4 hours.  I am right now a one person show
thinking about expanding.
Cheers,
Karen Heckford HT (ASCP) CE
Lead Histology Technician
Histology/Pathololgy Department
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 6167
Fax: 415-750-8123
email: kheckfor <@t> chw.edu