r/Path_Assistant

Please help. We dont take photos in my lab

is it the volume of cases? are the universities seeing the revenue it can bring in? is there a PA shortage?

hi everyone, I have an interview next week at utmb and I was wondering what the process was like for onboarding after you get hired? I know that you have to do a health screening and stuff like that but is it just the vaccines or is it a full physical like with height, weight , blood pressure, and heart rate?

It appears Leica has discontinued their Bio-Wraps. Has anyone found something comparable / similar?

My lab switched to Cancer Diagnostics Bio-Paper Biopsy Wraps, and they are horrible. Much thicker and less absorbent so the tissue will slide right off the paper when pipetting formalin / tissue onto the paper.

I’ve seen some posts from ambulance drivers and paramedics talking about a glove shortage beginning, but haven’t heard anything outside of that. Has anyone heard of this at their lab?

Also, how often do you change your gloves? I heard nitrile gloves are permeated by formalin between 30-60 minutes, but I’m having trouble finding anything definite about this.