[Histonet] Policy on Floaters

[Terri Braud]

Ok. I have to wade in.  We actually have a policy on floaters.  Our policy calls for the pathologist to circle the floater on the slide and mark it as a floater with a cell marking pen. That way the "floater" is identified forever on the permanent slide.  He/she will notify the Supv or lead tech to investigate. If the floater is located within the block, then we dig it out of the block.  We record the slide I.D., floater, and resolution on the daily stain qc sheet. Unless we have an ongoing problem, we don't track these any further but the data is there to trend, and if necessary, include in any QC, CQI, QA program.
Hope this helps, Terri

Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Laboratory
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
(215) 938-3676 phone
(215) 938-3689 fax



From: Cho, Soo-Jin <Soo-Jin.Cho <@t> ucsfmedctr.org>
Subject: [Histonet] Policy on Floaters
To: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 1:45 PM


Hello, I'm a resident at UCSF currently working on a QA/QI project regarding floaters, with the ultimate goal of formulating a departmental policy regarding floaters.  Despite extensive searching on the internet and the Histonet archives, I have not found any concrete examples of policies at other institutions and was hoping someone could help me out in this regard.  Thank you in advance for your help.

Most sincerely,
Soo-Jin Cho
Anatomic Pathology
University of California, San Francisco


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