[Histonet] Results of My Histology Survey-Finally!

[Va Paula Sicurello]

Well Listers,
I finally get around to posting my survey.  Only 35 people took it but it still provided useful information and I got an A in my class.
Thank You to the 35 who participated
All the data:             23 HT's, 8 HTL's, 4 with other certification (2 with HT/HTL) took my survey
             24 years of experience average.                           Range 5 to 45 years.             49 blocks per hour, average cutting.                     Range 19 to 120             69 slides per hour, average.                                  Range  35 to 160/hour             7 average number of staff.                                     Range 1 to 22
             278 blocks per day per lab, average.                     Range 10 to 1000
             467 H&E slides per day, per lab, average.              Range 10 to 1500
              92 IHC slides per day, per lab, average                  Range 2 to 300
             19 special stain slides per day, per lab, average     Range 1 to 100

 My take away from this was that we are getting older, we are working faster with fewer staff and we use automation to our advantage.
I think none of this is surprising to you.    


Sincerely,
Paula
Paula SicurelloHistotechnology SpecialistUC San Diego Health