[Histonet] Productivity Tracking

[WILLIAM DESALVO]

I suggest you use slides created for the microtomy minimum standard. Not all blocks are created equal. A good target is 30 slides per hour, for mixed specimens. If all specialty, then adjust from the 30.

William DeSalvo
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From: Pairan, Kelly via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 8:41:28 AM
To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Productivity Tracking

Good Morning Histoland,
How are you tracking your histotechs productivity when it comes to cutting?  We recently have implemented a 25 block per hour goal for all of our histotechs and are receiving some push back.  I made 25 block per hour the goal based on the following article that has been circulating for many years (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41942535_Productivity_standards_for_histology_laboratories).  While I do not want to compromise quality, we do have turnaround times to meet and I have experienced techs who are cutting less than 20 blocks per hour.  I understand that some tissues and protocols take longer so this is an average not something that has to be hit every shift.

Thanks,
Kelly

Kelly Pairan,  HT (ASCP)CM, QIHC (ASCP)
Histology Supervisor-Anatomic Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Email:  kelly.pairan at nationwidechildrens.org
ph: 614-722-5414
fx: 614-722-3033

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