Digital Pathology Technician 1
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital
New York, NY
10.2024 - Current
- Prepare pathology glass slides for digital scanning.
- Log incoming glass slides arriving at the digital scanning area in the laboratory.
- 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 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, and outside procedure date) is collected on the slide.
- Scans the barcode to confirm it works and is transparent for scanning.
- Re-label slides as needed, confirming that the accurate label information is obtained.
- Identifies and documents QA deficiencies, if any. Troubleshoots as needed and according to the scanning regular operating procedures.
- Submit prepped slides to the imaging technician, histology technicians, or fellows for processing.
