Kathy,
Well I can account for 6 histotechs (including myself) that gross in
specimens as well as all the other regular duties.  I've been with this lab
for a little over 3 years and the technicians have always trimmed the
tissue.  We do somewhere in the neighborhood of 23,000 surgicals a year plus
necropies (I'm not sure of the total).  We work in a veterinary lab so I
don't know if that makes a difference or not.


Renee Escalona, BS, HTL(ASCP)
Veterinary Laboratory Technologist
TX Vet Med Diag Lab
College Station, TX
----- Original Message -----
From: "hkcormier" <hkcorm@banet.net>
To: <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 12:51 PM
Subject: histotechs and grossing in path specimens..


> Hello All,
>
> I am a recent subscriber and I have greatly enjoyed the information
> flying back and forth.. I was curious.. how many of you histotechs out
> there gross in path speciemens also? I am a histotech who has gradually
> taken over most of the grossing in at our hospital.. we are small and do
> only general surgicals (about 4500 surgicals last year). I am finding
> that as I take a good look around..I am doing more and more!!! ( we all
> are now a days ) So when I am up for my next evaluation.. I'd like to
> know who else grosses in.. and what are the salary grades ( ie "ranges"
> 35,000 to 45,000 for a grade 10 histotechnician, who grosses in. ) I'll
> post any feed back I get on the histonet. Thanks!!
>
> Kathy Cormier
> Histology Supervisor
> Heywood Hospital
> Massachusetts
>
>