[Histonet] grossing regulations
Johanna Haddock
Johanna.Haddock at propath.com
Mon May 11 07:55:39 CDT 2020
Hi,
Grossing is considered by CLIA a high complexity test therefore the testing personnel must be in compliance with the requirements to perform the test, in this case grossing . It doesn't matter what kind of tissue.
Reference CLIA
(a)(6) Specimen processing.
Interpretive Guidelines §493.1242(a)(6)
Specimen processing may include receiving the specimen, accessioning the specimen, preparing the specimen for in-house analysis, preparation to send to a reference laboratory, preparing slides, and inoculating primary culture media, etc. Specimen processing also includes: Parasitology: the fixation and concentration of specimens; Virology: the pretreatment of specimens with antibiotics, the manipulation of cell culture tubes and inoculation of the cell cultures prior to incubation; Mycobacteriology: performing digestion-decontamination and concentration procedures on clinical specimens; and Histopathology: specimen accession with or without fixation, embedding the paraffin block, cutting the paraffin block, mounting the embedded cut tissue to a slide, preparing the slide for staining, staining and cover slipping the slide, or any other slide preparation procedures that do not involve examination resulting in diagnostic interpretation.
Note: for histopathology specimens, specimen processing does not constitute a CLIA test. Only gross examinations (including weighing, measuring, describing color, specific orientation for diagnostic interpretation, and other characteristics of the tissue, or performing other mechanical procedures including dissection, inking, and marking) require a CLIA certificate. Microscopic examinations of tissue with diagnostic interpretation and reporting is a Histopathology test and requires CLIA certification.
Personnel:
The laboratory director may delegate the dissection of specimens to non-pathologist individuals; these individuals must be qualified as high complexity testing personnel under the CLIA regulations. The minimum training/experience required of such personnel is:
1. An earned associate degree in a chemical or biological science or medical laboratory technology, obtained from an accredited institution, OR
2. Education/training equivalent to the above that includes the following:
● 60 semester hours or equivalent from an accredited institution. This education must include 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses, OR 24 semester hours of science courses that includes six semester hours of chemistry, six semester hours of biology, and 12 semester hours of chemistry, biology or medical laboratory technology in any combination, AND
● Laboratory training including either completion of a clinical laboratory training program approved or accredited by the ABHES, NAACLS, or other organization approved by HHS (note that this training may be included in the 60 semester hours listed above), OR at least three months of recorded laboratory training in each specialty in which the individual performs high complexity testing.
Thanks,
Johanna Haddock
QA Manager
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Actually, there is another route for some of us older techs. You can be grandfathered in without a degree if you have a certain prerequisite number of hours in specific science courses and prior documented training in grossing. Of course, I'm so old, I don't remember the details. LOL
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
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Hello Kristy,
The regulation say that you must have at least an Associates degree with a certain amount of credits in the sciences. And yes, it is considered high complexity.
Sorry I don?t remember the amount of credits.
Mark
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> My question is: What would be the regulation (CLIA) to gross
> dermatology specimens? Are they not considered high complexity? Also, don't you have
> to have a HT to do this? Someone is telling me they can gross as long as
> they have associates. Is that correct? Sorry, I am a little confused
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