[Histonet] CAP survey Question

[Vickroy, Jim]

For a long time I have had our IHC techs print out the run logs from each IHC run on the Benchmark Ultras.   The techs then check the slides to make sure the positive and negative controls have worked properly before the slides are sent to the individual pathologists.  The pathologists are also supposed to check the controls before looking at the patient slides.   Lately in the interest of reducing turnaround time I have been asked why we run the log reports and have a tech look over the controls before they send them to the pathologists since the pathologist will also evaluate the controls.   I have been doing this because I wanted the documentation that someone reviewed the controls each time an IHC stain was done.  I believe if the pathologists would document someplace that the control slides were reviewed before the patient slides were viewed then I could eliminate the techs looking over the controls also.   Problem is how are others documenting that the controls are reviewed?  Is this done by the techs, the pathologists, or both?  We of course have also used this data for quality assurance of our stains.   Thanks for your help.

Jim

James Vickroy BS, HT(ASCP)

Surgical  and Autopsy Pathology Technical Supervisor
Memorial Medical Center
217-788-4046


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