[Histonet] Histotechs: how many are we nationwide?

Fri Oct 6 07:49:06 CDT 2006

20% of all MTs as HTs I also agree is somewhat high, that is why I tried the other approach and got to 49,000 for an average (as you point out) of roughly 1,000 per State, and that is how averages work; there will be States with more and others with less.
  But what about the 49,000 figure; do you thinks is too hight, too low or about right?
  René J.

Victor Tobias <victor <@t> pathology.washington.edu> wrote:
  20% of all MT's seems pretty high since they have staffing 24/7. I was thinking back to the 49,000. That's basically 1,000 techs per state. There are many states that don't come close to this figure and others will be over.

Victor

Rene J Buesa wrote:   
Good! So you think we could be as many as 60 to 70K?    We are getting closer to another estimate I did for a Workshop for the FSH meeting this last May/06 of 60K that was based on the 20% of all the 292,960 "Medical and Clinical Technicians" as being HTs = 58,592!    René J.    Surita Banwait <sbanwait <@t> buckinstitute.org> wrote:                  Definitely more, we aren’t even counting the traveling temps and those working for the US oversees (volunteers in third world countries, , etc.) maybe 60-70 K              -----Original Message-----  From: Rene J Buesa [mailto:rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com]   Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:46 PM  To: Surita Banwait  Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: how many are we nationwide?           Surita:         Which is the average! So, do you think we are more than 49K or less?        René J.    Surita Banwait <sbanwait <@t> buckinstitute.org> wrote:        There are 2 in our private research facility :) ...    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Surita
 Banwait  Morphology & Imaging Core  Research Associate II   Buck Institute for Age Research  8001 Redwood Blvd.  Novato, CA 94945  sbanwait <@t> buckinstitute.org  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    -----Original Message-----  From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa  Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:28 PM  To: Truscott, Tom; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu  Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: how many are we nationwide?    Good! The more the better!  How many do you think we are?  René J.    "Truscott, Tom" wrote:  Hi Rene', Your figures might be low. There are HT's in govt. and military labs and private companies such as pharmceuticals. Tom Truscott USDA    -----Original Message-----  From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa  Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:32 AM  To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
 Subject: [Histonet] Histotechs: how many are we nationwide?    Dear Histonet subscriber:    The US Census does NOT recognize histotechs (HTs) as a category of professionals (the NSH is going to try to do something about that during 2007) so we do not know how many we are. Some indirect calculations are needed to answer that question.  According to the US Census bureau:    1- there are 5,193 general and surgical hospitals and perhaps 95% of them have a histology laboratory = 5,000 labs  2- the average number of HTs per lab = 9 (range from 1 to 15 or more in some).  So, in hospital settings there could be 5,000 x 9 = 45,000 HTs    3- There are 4,084 institutions of higher education and perhaps 50% have some sort of histology lab, veterinary, marine, research, botany, etc. = 2,000 histology labs.  4- those experimental labs have an average of 2 HTs (between 1 and 5, sometimes up to 10)  So, in universities there could be 2,000 x 2 = 4,000 HTs    Adding both = 49,000
 histotechs nationwide.     If membership to the NSH in 2006 (4,400 members) is any indicator (and usually prestigious professional societies are able to have a membership of roughly 10% of the profession) it can be said that the 4,400 members in 2006 = 9% of the proposed number.    What do you think?   Are we more than 49,000; less? or is 49,000 HTs about right?  René J.          ---------------------------------  Do you Yahoo!?  Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.  _______________________________________________  Histonet mailing list  Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu  http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet            ---------------------------------  Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.  _______________________________________________  Histonet mailing list  Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu  http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet                 
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