[Histonet] FNA Procedures

[Amy Self]

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday...

We (histology) have been doing what seems like tons of FNA procedures (Radiology/EBUS\EUS) here lately as well as BM procedures.  With all of the Covid going on around us we are working short staffed and doing the best we can with what we have, but it seems like the physicians are scheduling these procedure's around what works best for them and this seems to be creating some issues here in pathology, especially trying to work between two hospitals because they are scheduling these procedure's when we don't seem to have staff available or they will call and say we have an add-on at the last minute and will need pathology when in fact they end not needing our services. Oh yea and we do not have an on-site cytotech so histology techs are the ones that are helping assist with FNA's.

I was wondering what other facilities are doing as far as working with the other departments with these FNA procedures after hours. Do you have cut-off times, or have them place the aspirated material in formalin for cell block, train the nursing staff to make smears and hope they are good samples or do you just accommodate and go to the procedure if needed?

I think that it's time for a SOP to be put in place.

Thanks,
Amy Self
Senior Histology Technologist
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital
606 Black River Road
Georgetown, SC 29440
Office: (843) 520-8711
aself at tidelandshealth.org
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