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[Malika Benatti]

I am very confuse reading every email reply to this tread also I would be
really grateful if someone could enlighten with regard to what is the
comment practice in the US.

Having been trained as a histotechnologist although we are call Specialist
Biomedical Scientist in the UK, we cannot practice unless we are fully
registered with the Health Professional Council HPC, which I believe has the
same role as the ASCP. Every 2 years we may be audited a demonstrate that we
fully comply with HPC regulation and CPD or lose or registration. All
laboratories are accredited by the Clinical Pathology Accreditation CPA
under the international organization for standardization legislation (ISO
15189).

Laboratory accreditation happen every 2 years cycle for which the laboratory
has to comply with a set of standard.
During inspection accessor review everything with a fine tooth comb, and
score you some of the issues may just be minors but they will always get you
with a critical issue, which you will have a set amount of time to correct,
they will then return and verify that all non compliance and critical issues
have been address before giving you CPA accreditation status.

Having a 16 years old out of school with little experience in histology and
no formal training grossing specimen is never heard off, only Register
Biomedical Scientist are allowed to do small biopsies, Advance Practitioner,
Trainee Pathologist, will be involved in the grossing of lager specimens,
and tumour specimens.




On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Mark Tarango <marktarango <@t> gmail.com> wrote:

> When I was 16 years-old I was grossing in the lab.  We had
> very busy pathologists (busy reading slides) who thought it was okay to
> train their courier (me at the time) to gross.  I had already been there
> handing them bottles and closing cassette lids for several months.
>
> When we had our first CLIA inspection, they had me intial and sign
> paperwork
> saying that I had grossed so many cases of various specimen types under
> patholgist supervision and had been grossing so long.  The problem was that
> I was only a high school graduate at the time.  They then changed direction
> and told the inspectors that the pathologists did all the grossing.
>
> Just brings back memories.  Thought I'd share.
>
> Mark Tarango
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Andrew Burgeson <napoli <@t> siscom.net>
> wrote:
>
> > The point is not about gender, as I stated before...
> >
> > It's about a person's health risks and lack of training
> > overlooked for the sake of labor. TYVM
> >
> >
> >
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