Description

:•Conduct general housekeeping of laboratory and clean slides.
• Dispose of biohazards, glass, sharps and other materials appropriately.
• Label slides and cassettes
• Box slides or samples for shipment to pathologists, archives and/or clients.
• Change processors and stainers.
• Bag/dispose of tissues for completed studies
• May perform tissue grossing for routine studies.
• Prepares microscopic slides for research/diagnostic purposes; includes fixation, dehydration, infiltration, embedding, microtomy and mounting to include both paraffin and plastic processed tissues, in addition to frozen sectioning.
• Performs and maintains proficiency in histochemical staining procedures and troubleshooting techniques.
• Performs quality control procedures on all samples (slides, blocks, forms, etc.) to ensure accuracy and excellence.
• May develop procedures for tissue handling.
• Process tissues appropriately for review...