[Histonet] HTL exam

[Carrie Disbrow]

Hi Peggy,
Wow, your response is why I love this board. I'm glad I have three months to review the areas not in my daily routine work.
Wish me luck,
Carrie

>>> "Lee & Peggy Wenk" <lpwenk <@t> sbcglobal.net> 4/14/2010 10:27 PM >>>
That's really hard to say. There are no categories for Enzymes, EM or
Cytology.

The HT and HTL exams have 5 categories, 100 questions total. The number of
questions that a candidate is asked in each category is:
- Fixation = 10-25
- Processing/Embedding = 10-14
- Microtomy = 10-14
- Staining = 40-50
- Lab Operations (safety, math, equipment, regulations, etc.) = 10-15

Now, let's talk cytology questions. Was the question about:
- what solution the cells were placed in (alcohol, saccomano, etc) =
fixative question
- the Pap stain, or the Diff Quik = staining question
- bloodborne pathogens (BBP), centrifuge, staining GYN and non-GYN
separately = lab op questions

Same with Enzymes or IHC or EM:
- fresh tissue or fixed, and in what = fixation question
- time in processing or frozen, paraffin or resin = processing questions
- how thick to cut section, or frozen sectioning = microtomy questions
- how to do the stains, tissue ID = staining questions
- dilutions (math), molar solutions (math), BBP (safety), chemical disposal
(safety and regulations), how long to fix breast for ER/PR (regulations),
cryostat/microtome/processor (instrument), etc = lab op questions

Since there are 1000+ questions in the pool, and since candidates only
receive 100, random but in the above percentages, one person might get no
questions on, say, cytology, but another person could get 6, someone else 2.
Luck of the draw, so to speak.

So the person who says "I got 6 cytology questions" - really didn't. They
got, say, 2 fixation questions, 3 staining questions, and 1 regulation
question. The questions just happened to be on cytology. They could have
just as easily been on Gomori Trichrome.

Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS
Schools of Histotechnology
Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI 48073

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Subject: [Histonet] HTL exam

Hi. I'll be taking the ASCP HTL exam in three months.
Does anyone know what the percentage of  enzyme histochemistry, electron
microscopy, and cytology questions are for the HTL?
Thanks,
Carrie
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