How do you corelate workload to FTEs?  ie. How many people are required per
slides cut, etc.

Jennifer MacDonald

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> From: 	Tom T. McNemar[SMTP:TMcNemar@lmhealth.org]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:15 AM
> To: 	Ford, Judi {Path~Palo Alto}; 'Weems, Joyce'; 'Histonet'
> Subject: 	RE: Workload/Productivity
> 
> We used to assign CAP workload units to each task.  It was a hassle.  The
> past several years I have just tracked the number of:
> 	Blocks processed each month
> 	Slides cut
> 	Frozen sections performed
> 	Specimens received
> 	Special stains performed
> 	IHC cases and # of antibodies used
> 	Thinprep PAPs processed vs. conventional smears
> This has proven to be sufficient justification of people/equipment.
> 
> Tom Mc Nemar
> Pathology Supervisor
> Licking Memorial Hospital
> Newark, Ohio
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Ford, Judi {Path~Palo Alto} [SMTP:JUDI.FORD@ROCHE.COM]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, July 18, 2000 4:40 PM
> > To:	'Weems, Joyce'; 'Histonet'
> > Subject:	RE: Workload/Productivity
> > 
> > Okay!  Our lab is a research facility.  The way we measure productivity
> is
> > to count the number of tissues/blocks/slides and sections produced each
> > month by the lab as a whole.  We also count the number of special stain
> > slides and sections, which isn't very high as we don't do that many.
> Hope
> > this helps.
> > 
> > Judi Ford
> > Palo Alto, CA  
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Weems, Joyce [SMTP:JWEEMS@sjha.org]
> > > Sent:	Monday, July 17, 2000 1:51 PM
> > > To:	'Histonet'
> > > Subject:	Workload/Productivity
> > > 
> > > Let's have an exciting discussion about workload! 
> > > How is everyone counting it and measuring productivity? TIA, j:>) 
> > > Joyce Weems
> > > Pathology Manager
> > > Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
> > > 
>