[Histonet] productivity standards/slide

[Morken, Timothy]

That's a good question, but tough to answer because every lab has different ways of mounting sections. I think you will have to define that for your own workflow. I've seen labs that require 30 serial sections on a slide for certain specimens, so what is that?!

You could start with the one section/one slide as the base line, then determine how much extra time it takes to mount levels (cutting between sections taken), or other types of mounting. Then you can apply a multiplier to those types of slides and come up with a reasonable productivity guideline.


Tim Morken
Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus 
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center




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From: Kienitz, Kari via Histonet [mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 10:42 AM
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Subject: [Histonet] productivity standards/slide

Hi everyone,

What constitutes a slide? For volume purposes/tech productivity.....

1 section on a slide= 1 slide
3 sections (levels) on a slide=1 slide or does it equal 3 slides?




Kari Kienitz HT, (ASCP)
Histology Laboratory
Gastroenterology-EAST
The Oregon Clinic
1111 NE 99th Ave
Portland, OR  97220
503.935.8311
kkienitz at orclinic.com




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