[Histonet] RE: Re: Working Saturday

[Morken, Timothy]

You are right terry, it does not save in costs and just shift the workload. However, we staff one tech on Saturday to cover rush transplant bx That tech takes the previouis Monday off.  Because we have to pay 3 hours minimum for any call back we simply staff it 8 hours. The Saturday tech embeds and cuts all the bx received Friday (100 to 150 blocks), does the same-day transplant rush, any Friday overnight rush, and load the processors with blocks from Saturday grossing (a catchup day for residents. ). 

Tim Morken
Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies
UC San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Teri Johnson
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 8:52 AM
To: 'histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Working Saturday

I applaud labs who have moved away from Saturday rotations. But I'm really at a loss to understand how it cuts costs? Don't most of you shift your work week for your staff if filling a Saturday rotation? So long as you don't pay OT for a Saturday, wouldn't the costs be the same?

Teri Johnson, HT(ASCP)QIHC
Manager Clinical Trial Testing
Genoptix, Inc.
SAN5, Rm. 2005
760.516.5954 (office)
760.516.6201 (fax)


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