Tim,

Your layout plan is perfect I think.  It has worked for me everytime.

Don 


                                              
                                             
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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Tim Morken wrote:

> Mickie,
> 
> I have always approached this problem by showing how work has increased over 
> a period of time. This avoids the trap of talking about how much work a tech 
> "should" do. There are too  many variables in labs to compare one to another 
> unless you strictly define the work being done.
> 
> Hopefully you have records detailing your workload over the past five 
> (minimum) to ten years (ideal). Make up some tables with the hard numbers of 
> cases, blocks, H&E slides, special stain slides, immuno slides, Frozen 
> sections, etc. If your staff works overtime, detail if it has increased over 
> the time period (a good indication of understaffing).
> 
> The hard numbers are more convincing than CAP workload recording, unless you 
> have used the same recording system over the entire time period and it is 
> THE accepted way of recording workload in your hospital. One thing the CAP 
> figures can give you is an indication of how many techs you "should" have 
> (That can backfire however!). Work with the hard numbers as much as 
> possible; no one can argue with them.
> 
> If your hospital is like most places you will show a substantial increase in 
> workload with little or no increase in staff. Then make predictions for the 
> next five years using the numbers you have generated. The last hospital I 
> was at we were increasing workload 10 percent a year. I got three extra 
> staff using these methods.
> 
> Tim Morken, B.A., EMT(MSA), HTL(ASCP)
> Infectious Disease Pathology
> Centers for Disease Control
> MS-G32
> 1600 Clifton Rd.
> Atlanta, GA 30333
> USA
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> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: johnsom@shmc.org (Mickie L. Johnson)
> To: "'HistoNet Server'" <HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu>
> Subject: Workload of blocks and slides
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:30:22 -0700
> 
> Hi Histonetters,
> I would appreciate any input any of you could provide about staffing and WL.
> We have 6 FTE HT's, and 3.5 FTE Lab Assistants and 2 PA's who handle 29000
> surgical cases per year with a daily average of 360 paraffin blocks and 778
> H&E slides plus special stains and 2-3 IHC runs on a Dako stainer.  We feel
> understaffed and need statistics to justify more personnel, especially HT's.
> Any input any of you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.
> 
> Mickie
> 
> Michael L. Johnson, HT/HTL(ASCP)
> Histology Supervisor
> Sacred Heart Medical Center
> W. 101 8th Avenue
> Spokane, Washington 99220
> (509) 626-4418
> FAX (509) 455-2052
> johnsom@shmc.org
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