[Histonet] timer calibration

[Dawson, Glen]

Joe,

You are NOT the only one who sees no value in this one.  It truly boggles the mind that no one in the CAP has come to their senses and realized that so much of the process is absolute garbage.

As we speak, there is a histo-lab recording temperatures, pH'ing all of their liquids religiously, monitoring humidity levels, calibrating their thermometers, pipettes, and clocks, as well as a multitude of other CAP enforced tasks and when all is said and done, their product (IHC, special stains, H&E's, in-situ, etc...) looks like garbage.

At the same time, there is a histology manager who is working 11 hour days that is down 2 FTE's that has been forced to prioritize that getting the clinical workload out is far more important than the above mentioned tasks.  Every day is a challenge and, although he or she cannot perform these CAP required things religiously, the end product looks great.

Fast forward to the CAP inpections for these two labs and cringe along with me as the first lab that produces an inferior products sails through their inspection with flying colors while the second lab is repeatedly cited and must put in even more overtime to "correct" their gross CAP neglegence.

I believe that CAP inspections need to put way more effort into pulling examples of the finished product and checking it for acceptable quality and less time on making sure our timers aren't off by a tenth of a second per every minute counted.

Well, I must go since our Artel reagents have been delivered and I can finally calibrate the equipment used to calibrate my pipettes...can't wait.

Done Venting,

Glen Dawson  BS, HT & QIHC (ASCP)
IHC Manager
Milwaukee, WI 

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Joe
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Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:09 AM
To: Rene J Buesa; Margiotta, Michele; histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] timer calibration


I'm sorry
am I the only one that thinks calibrating timers is stupid. I mean how many 
histology procedures are so time sensitive that the timers have to be 
calibrated? Let's face it. I have had techs sit there and watch the clock 
and rinse as soon as the timer goes off. And I've had techs wait for the 
timer to go off , then mosey over and rinse.  Both stains worked. I guess 
I'm just not anal enough.

JTT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rene J Buesa" <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com>
To: "Margiotta, Michele" <MMargiotta <@t> bmhmc.org>; 
<histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Histonet] timer calibration


> Try any local watch repair store. They have to calibrate their repaired 
> watches so it is very likely they can help you.
>  René J.
>
> "Margiotta, Michele" <MMargiotta <@t> bmhmc.org> wrote:
>  Hi All,
>
> Does anyone have a procedure for calibrating timers? We just had an 
> inspection and got cited because our timers were not calibrated. Any info 
> would be appreciated!
>
> Michele
>
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