[Histonet] Number of blocks

[Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)]

Absolutely!  40-50 bone marrows is completely different from 40-50 fallopian tubes.  Are you just cutting one section per block?

Jeanine H. Bartlett
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
404-639-3590
jeanine.bartlett <@t> cdc.hhs.gov

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As a histo lab supervisor I would never ask nor demand that my techs do something that I cannot do myself. I would have to say that that number sounds a little high to me, but it would depend on the type of specimens being cut.

Just my thought, Mike

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It was annouced by a histo lab manager that techs are expected to cut
40-50 blocks per hour. That seems to me to be rather high. I don't see quality slides being turned out. It is quantity and profit above patient care. I am old school, and I remember something about quality and patient first. Besides  what kind of impact on morality of the techs, back problems and carpal tunnel syndrom is laying ahead for the cutter after cranking the microtome repeatedly that many blocks without a break.


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