You Will:

• Prepare pathology glass slides for digital scanning.
• Log incoming glass slides arriving to the Digital Scanning Area into the laboratory information system.
• Help with the maintenance of quality control for glass slides submitted to ensure good image quality.
• Assist in the documentation of quality issues and scans completed.
• Enters patient data and specimen data information into the information system to assign the specimen to the accurate patient.
• Ensures appropriate information (i.e. part type, specimen, outside accession number, number of slides submitted, outside procedure date) is collected on the slide.
• Scans the barcode to confirm it works and transparent for scanning.
• Relabels slides as needed confirming the accurate label information is gained.
• Places label with accession number on the slide, ensuring information on label is transparent and accurate and placed where appropriate to ensure the scanner camera can read and scan the label information.
• Identifies and document QA deficiencies, if any. Troubleshoots as needed and as per the scanning regular operating procedures.
• Rechecks entries for correctness of slide label information and placement of label before proceeding to the next patient's slide.
• Will only handle one slide at a time when relabeling and discards unused labels in the confidential bins immediately to avoid patient identification errors.
• Submits prepped slides to the imaging technicians, histology technicians or fellows, for processing.
• Places slides in the specified holding areas for loading onto the scanner and/or pick up/delivery.
• Notifies lead, covering lead, supervisor, and/or manager of immediate issues.

You Have:

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Task and detail oriented, organized and able to multitask
• Comfortable in a lab around blood and specimens