[Histonet] Unregistered techs
joelle weaver
joelleweaver <@t> hotmail.com
Tue May 29 12:27:00 CDT 2012
I thought so too, and that was the case where I am originally from- but no, not really it seems to vary by geographic location.
Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
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> To: techmana12 <@t> yahoo.com; histotalk <@t> yahoo.com; Histonet <@t> Lists.UTSouthwestern.edu
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 10:18:29 -0700
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered techs
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> There is nothing volunteer about being ASCP certified as an HT or=L
> where I have worked for the last 35 years, all those employed as HT's
> = the U of Colorado must be ASCP certified and I believe this is
> the case =r most other places doing hospital based Histology, work,
> right????
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> From: Dorothy Ragland-Glass <[1]techmana12 <@t> yahoo.com>
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> Date: Mon, May 28, 2012 10:14 pm
> To: David Kemler <[2]histotalk@ yahoo.com>, Fellow HistoNetters
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> <[3]Histonet <@t> Lists.UTSouthwestern.edu>
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> Dorothy R. Glass, BS,HTL(ASCP),IHC
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> You are so right about =e good old days when you would prove
> who you were and sit for a paper not=mputer exam at a medical
> school close to you. I sat for the HTL in 1988.=as so proud to
> call myself a Histologist after being trained at a Schoo=f
> Histotechnology and being ASCP certified. NOW you have people on the
> j= trained just referring to themselves casually as histotects. Not
> histo t=inees. Unfortunate for us older techs, it is very offensive
> considering w=t we went through in establishing a career not just a
> job. Some reference=bs is focusing on hiring aids to later, after a
> few months train them an=efer to them as histotechs. I hate it
> when the term is used so freely.
> Sinserely, frustrated HTL
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> David Kemler <[4]histotalk <@t> yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >Good stuff. In the "old" days, 36 years ago for me, taking th e HT(ASCP) exam it was said that you were "registered" by the ASC=
> because the designation HT is given by the Board of Registry of the ASCP. Many of the NEW folks use the word "certified". After a total o f 39 years (3 years was training before you were eligible) I=ill
> only use registered by the ASCP / Licensed by the State of Florida&n bsp;and call myself a "histologist".
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> >In those d=s ( long before the Internet), you took your ASCP
> exam (HT's, MT's, CT's,='s, MLT's) at specially selected medical
> schools across the US. You=ose the one giving the exam which was
> closest to where you lived. If you=eded to drive 100 miles or
> further to get to the examinin=ollege on March 15 OR August 15th,
> (the only dates it was given)&nb=;that's what you did. Getting into
> the exam auditorium before y= were allowed to "sit" (that's what it
> was called) for the exam, was�hallenge. You had to prove that you
> were who you said you were or you&n=p;were not getting in. Once
> those guarded doors were closed - t=y were CLOSED! I saw several
> folks crying outside the auditorium tha=ay n 1975. Chances for
> cheating were eliminated at every turn. Unfortuna=ly, not so today.
> So you can see why for us older techs, i=ou were HT(ASCP) it
> really meant something. Unfortunately, not so t=ay.
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> >Yours,
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> >Dave
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> >Hist=etters,
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> >I see this subject tends to illicit strong s=timents from
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> >professionals who are impacted or have an impact o=T/HTL's
> (sort of
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> >everyone on the net)?.
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> >I= still in school, but I want to fully understand how
> training,
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> >=ertification, and registration work for HT/HTL’s. I
> realize=at
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> >ASCP certification is voluntary, and that some States requi=
> some
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> >sort of license or certification, but I’ve never =ard
> of a “Registry”
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> >for HT/HTL’s.
> =A>
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> >-The way I understand through what I’ve been taug= at
> school is that
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> >Histology is the study of tissue, And that..=
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> >
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> >-To study tissue there is another science that prepa=s
> specimens so
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> >they can be studied. And that...
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> >
> =A>-There is a final sequence “Quality Control”
> that ve=fies the science
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> >that prpares specimens is properly done so the=ssue can be
> studied.
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> >And that…
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> >
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> >In=der for this all to happen successfully and consistently,
> the
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> >=/HTL's make sure that during the whole preparation process,
> safety
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> =s observed, proper adherence to federal and state regulations
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> &g=maintained, plus train other technicians to do the same, and
> much
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> &=;more.
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> >If I understood it all correctly I can�=9t help but
> wonder:
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> >If HT/HTL's do all of this cruci= preparation work to make sure
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> >specimens are acceptable for pre=se microscopic identification
> of
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> >cells, tissue type, diagnosis = disease, and other needs:
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> >
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> >"Why wouldn't we want to =ve some method that can gage a set of
> basic
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> >skills to indicate =evel of competency that HT/HTL's should
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> >initially have, in ord= to enter the field of work that can
> effect so
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> >many people eith= directly or indirectly?"
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> >
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> >And also... "Wouldn�=9t having NAACLS accredited training
> and ASCP
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> >Certifications se=e to gage those basic skills?"
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> >
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> >And also… "Wo=d gaging basic skills have a positive
> impact on the
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> >quality of =tient care and the efficiency of the
> HT/HTL’s impact on
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> >=abs?”
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> >I'm not sure but...this fall… =en I complete my NAACLS
> accredited
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> >degree program, and voluntar=y take the ASCP HTL certification
> exam,
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> >my future employer will� able to expect a certain level of
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> >competency that I hope to h=e established through training and
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> >certification.
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> >Rick T.
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