[Histonet] Histotechs: how many are we nationwide?
Rene J Buesa
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Fri Oct 6 10:36:10 CDT 2006
LuAnn:
I write "HT" because it has less letters than writing "histotech", no reference to the "Histotechnician" ASCP title. It is just easier to type!
But again: with that in mind: what do you think: are we 49,000?; less?' more?
René J.
LuAnn Anderson <ander093 <@t> tc.umn.edu> wrote:
I never said nor did I imply that people who are not certified are not capable of doing a good job. I know very well that they can--I have trained many myself. I simply said that if you are asking for the number of "HT's" then you would need to be counting those certified--just because one is doing histology does not give them the title of HT--technically one must pass the registry to have that title. If you are just looking for the total number of people who work in histology labs--then that is a different question all together.~~LuAnn
At 07:45 AM 10/6/2006, Rene J Buesa wrote:
And who says I don't call them HTs?
For me any person doing histology work is an HT; have you forgotten how many "trained just on the job" HTs were grandfathered when a license was a requirement?
Is a fantastic section or a beautiful trichrome done better by somebody accredited over somebody with the right experience? (Another "can of worms").
This is just a "number" of HTs nationwide = how many of us are doing the slides on which the pathologists base their diagnosis.
René J.
Douglas D Deltour <doug <@t> ppspath.com> wrote:
Can of worms...
If you pass a NAACLS accredited school or get a degree in histology then why
wouldn't you call them a HT?
Douglas D. Deltour HT(ASCP)
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: how many are we nationwide?
I think that certification should be the issue.
One does not truly have the title of HTif they
have not passed the registry exam. JMHO.
At 02:47 PM 10/5/2006, Rene J Buesa wrote:
>No, certification is not the issue, just how
>many HTs there are, how many of us share this art of histology?
> René J.
>
>"LaDonna G. Elpers" wrote:
> Our facility has 6 Histology Technicians, my
> guess would be that there are probably another
> 15 in our town. The question would be if we
> talking about those certified only? We are
> currently half and half, 3 certified and 3 not.
>
>LaDonna G. Elpers, BA, HT(ASCP)
>Manager, Histology
>BASi (Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.)
>10424 Middle Mount Vernon Rd - Mount Vernon, IN 47620
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>F 812.985.3403
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>What about those of us who are doing the work of four people? Does that
>count?
>JO'C
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>Hi Rene, I enjoyed your recent article in the new Advance, was very
>interesting! I am only one in my facility, a general hospital. If you are
>taking count!! :)
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>You have now inspired me to re-new my severly overdue membership with the
>NSH.
>Cheers from West Palm!
>Kari :)
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>[ mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Rene J
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>Dear Histonet subscriber:
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>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.
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