[Histonet] Policy on Floaters

[Edwards, Richard E.]

So, what  exactly is   a  "floater", an extra bit of a previous section picked up with the next section in a dirty waterbath, or  an obviously  extra identifiable piece of tissue  included in/picked up in error during grossing;  bit  of  ambiguity  in previous  emails?.

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Sent: 07 January 2010 13:18
To: Marcia Funk
Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Soo-Jin Cho; histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Policy on Floaters

Lots of traffic on this one.  Yes you definitely need a policy.  The 
policy should define how you will "try" to eliminate floaters ie;  clean 
water bath after each block, spray/wipe/change paper towels after each 
specimen while grossing etc.  It also must include how it will be 
resolved.  This covers everyone involved and is considered best practice.

Debbie M. Boyd, HT(ASCP) l Chief Histologist l Southside Regional Medical 
Center I 
200 Medical Park Boulevard l Petersburg, Va.  23805 l T: 804-765-5050 l F: 
804-765-5582 l dkboyd <@t> chs.net







"Marcia Funk" <FUNKM <@t> mercyhealth.com> 
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01/06/2010 05:23 PM

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Re: [Histonet] Policy on Floaters






Floaters
Yes, you are so right, for patient safety and your safety,  policy is a 
must.  Protects you and the patient.
Marcia
 
 
Marcia Funk 
Histology Laboratory
Mercy Medical Center North Iowa
Mason City, IA, 50401
641-422-7907


>>> Mark Tarango <marktarango <@t> gmail.com> 01/06/2010 2:21 PM >>>
Your goal is not to have floaters.  If you get one, your policy should set
out to determine the cause of these incidents.  You should track who did 
it
(in a spreadsheet), where it happened (grossing, embedding, cutting...).
Then you should have a meeting every so often with people from the lab and
some pathologists where you go over all the incidents, brainstorm for
corrective actions, and decide about what you can do differently.

Make sure you have the techs invovled or it won't be very effective.

Mark




On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Cho, Soo-Jin 
<Soo-Jin.Cho <@t> ucsfmedctr.org>wrote:

> 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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