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  • Birthday 04/23/1981

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    Medical Laboratory Scientist, Hematology/Coagulation Supervisor
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    Kristen Holshoe

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  1. Thank you Rravkin for your input! It is quite helpful!
  2. Hi everyone, We have recently been tasked with trying to standardize all our system's subsidiaries in terms of criteria to send peripheral slides back to a pathologist for review. The overall goal, of course, is to cut down on unnecessary slide reviews being sent back (normals, etc). Our subsidiary has historically used a very detailed set of guidelines (for example: not just any new anemic patient - but one with a hemoglobin of <6) with values within the rules to drive the criteria. Most of our sister subsidiaries are using a much more trimmed down set of criteria (for example: anemia, pancytopenia, etc.) without any values present. It is our lab's feeling that this is very subjective and would likely lead to even MORE slides being sent to a pathologist. I'd be interested in hearing what other labs do as trying to search for references online has been completely unsuccessful. I'm thinking perhaps there isn't consensus because it's all really driven by the medical director/pathologist to begin with. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
  3. Hi everyone! Please take a few moments and read my latest blog article on marketing to the younger crowd for lab! Would love to hear your thoughts https://www.staffready.com/marketing-laboratory-career-millennials/
  4. Hey there! Sorry, we use the XN analyzers for body fluids, but we don't report out the two-part differential. Our providers like more detail at our site, but that isn't to say it won't work at other sites. We do manual body fluid differentials and report percentages of neutrophils, lymphs, monos/macros, mesothelials, and any "other" cell types that don't fit those categories.
  5. Thanks everyone for your responses! I know alot of other sites in our hospital system that use the Sedimat 15 Plus are are moderately pleased with it. I have been interested in the iSED for awhile now and actually have a rep coming to demo it tomorrow. I've heard that people love using it and it's easy, but some literature online is citing limitations with it. Has anyone else heard anything about it?
  6. Hi everyone! Looking for some opinions on sed rate analyzers. We currently use a Streck ESR Auto Plus that may need to be replaced soon. Not sure I want to stick with Streck as it seems there are more efficient options out there now. Any thoughts?
  7. Thank you so much! I'm happy to hear you could relate. Please share this with your fellow lab colleagues. We are such an important part of healthcare.
  8. Hi Cliff!

    I've been using PathLabTalk now for several years and love what it has to offer.  I'm so grateful lab scientists have a place to go to "network" with others - thank you for that!

    My name is Kristen and I am the hematology/coagulation supervisor at a northwest Michigan hospital.  Recently, I have written a blog that is on the subject matter of lab scientists connecting to the patients they serve from "behind the scenes".  I have provided the link on several forums within PathLabTalk - but thought I'd reach out to you personally and see if you were interested in reading it.  Here is the link:

     
    I would really appreciate any feedback you have to offer!  If you find this article resonates with you as a lab professional, please feel free to share it with others.  I feel very passionate about getting our career "out there" and making it "visible" to the public.  It is evident at this point, that it is our responsibility to educate on that topic.  Nobody else is going to do it for us.  We are a quiet, humble group and we've been silent for all too long - time to start tooting our own horns a bit! ;)
     
    Thank you for your time,
     
    Kristen Holshoe
     
     
     
     
     
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      Kristen

      Nice thoughts on a more personal take on our profession!  That's not something you see for Medical lab Techs, musch less any profess=ion.  (Not to sure about emphasizing negative assumptions as bullet points though!)  I think the last paragraph is very important.

      Thanks, Scott

    2. kholshoe

      kholshoe

      Thanks for your input, Scott!  I'm glad you enjoyed reading it!  Thanks for making the time to do so. I'll freely admit that perhaps my presentation or "editing" isn't perfect - but I'm hoping that can be overlooked for the main message of the article.  Afterall - I am a scientist - not a professional writer ;)

       

  9. Hi everyone, I would really encourage you to take a moment to read a blog article I wrote regarding a lab scientist's connection to their patients from "behind the scenes". This subject is very near and dear to my heart and I hope others find that it resonates with them as well. Please feel free to share any thoughts below the article in the comments section. Thank you for taking the time to click! And as always, thank you for being an integral part of our healthcare system. https://www.staffready.com/patient-behind-scenes/
  10. Hi everyone, I would really encourage you to take a moment to read a blog article I wrote regarding a lab scientist's connection to their patients from "behind the scenes". This subject is very near and dear to my heart and I hope others find that it resonates with them as well. Please feel free to share any thoughts below the article in the comments section. Thank you for taking the time to click! And as always, thank you for being an integral part of our healthcare system. https://www.staffready.com/patient-behind-scenes/
  11. Hi everyone, I would really encourage you to take a moment to read a blog article I wrote regarding a lab scientist's connection to their patients from "behind the scenes". This subject is very near and dear to my heart and I hope others find that it resonates with them as well. Please feel free to share any thoughts below the article in the comments section. Thank you for taking the time to click! And as always, thank you for being an integral part of our healthcare system. https://www.staffready.com/patient-behind-scenes/
  12. Hi everyone, I would really encourage you to take a moment to read a blog article I wrote regarding a lab scientist's connection to their patients from "behind the scenes". This subject is very near and dear to my heart and I hope others find that it resonates with them as well. Please feel free to share any thoughts below the article in the comments section. Thank you for taking the time to click! And as always, thank you for being an integral part of our healthcare system. https://www.staffready.com/patient-behind-scenes/
  13. Hello! Our lab has two Sysmex XN analyzers, the XN line, and the SP-10 slidemaker/stainer. We do not have the Cellavision nor do we have SoftLab (we use Cerner for our LIS). I can't speak for the Cellavision or the LIS software - but if you need any help with the XN series analyzers or stainer, let me know!
  14. I vote Sysmex all the way! We switched from Beckman Coulter LH 750/LH 500 analyzers a year ago and went with the Sysmex XN model series. Super minimal maintenance and very "forward-thinking" in their quality control process and software.
  15. Does anyone out there perform this type of testing? If so - is there any way I could look at a CAP Participant Data Summary for one of these surveys? We are looking at this and are curious about setting appropriate grading ranges. Any help you could provide would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
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