> Hi everyone! I am interested in finding out how other hospitals cover
> weekend histology service, and would really appreciate any input from as
> many as possible on the histonet. If possible, could the following
> information please be included in your response?:
> 1.	Days covered  (e.g. Saturday only, Saturday and Sunday, Sunday only)
> Sunday only.  Tech comes in to embed all blocks and cut as many as
> possible.  This is to alleviate the Monday workload.  This is an on-call
> tech who wants to work on Sunday.  The slides are stained on Monday.  No
> other services are performed.
> 2.	Is the coverage an on-call one (only utilized if necessary), or a
> routinely scheduled one (a tech always comes in and covers)On call
> 3.	Hours covered (each day) 8 on sunday
> 4.	Services covered (e.g. cutting and H&E staining, grossing and
> submission of specimens received on Saturday, etc.)embedding and cutting
> only.
> 5.	Number of bed hospital  320
> 6.	Number of pathologists  3 + 1 ( to cover while the others are off)
> 7.	Number of techs that come in to cover weekend services 1
> 8.	Number of pathologists that come in/cover the weekend 1 to gross
> specimens on Saturday morning.  Pathologist on call for frozens the
> remainder of the weekend.
> 9.	Number of employees that cover histology (during the week) 4
> histotechs (includes manager) 2 lab assistants for gross assist and pap
> smears.
> 10.	Do you have separate sections for immunohistochemistry and/or
> special stains  all in one small area
> 11.	Number of employees that cover immunohistochemistry and/or special
> 4 (includes manager)
> stain (if separate sections)
> 12.	Are immunohistochemistry and/or special stains performed on the
> weekends  Lord NO
> 
Jennifer MacDonald
San Antonio Community Hospital
Upland, CA  91786
(909) 985-2811 extension 4148