[Histonet] industry standards

[godsgalnow <@t> aol.com]

I know that this has come up before, but I need to refresh my memory.......are there any published industry standards for how long it should take to do any given task in histology from data entry to coverslipping?

I did our FTE analysis for my boss to show him for the amount of work we have that we are short 1.5 FTE's...which of course I did by using how long it takes my employees to do the work we have/task (2 minutes to cut a block, etc).? But, he wants to know if this is optimal compared to industry standards.

Can anyone help me?

Roxanne