Skill Checklists
Histologist
Name
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LAST 4 OF SSN
This checklist was electronically signed on (Today’s date)
Instructions: This checklist is meant to serve as a general guideline for our client facilities as to the level of your skills within your nursing specialty. Please use the scale below to describe your experience/expertise in each area listed below.
Proficiency Scale:
1 = No Experience
2 = Need Training
3 = Able to perform with supervision
4 = Able to perform independently
Newborn (0 to 1)
Toddler (1 to 3)
Preschool (3 to 5)
School age (6 to 12)
Adolescent (13 to 18)
Adult (19 to 65)
Elderly (over 65)
Outpatient Lab
Hospital Lab
Post-Acute Care
Ambulatory Care/Clinic
Morgue
Reference Lab
Automated Instrumentation
Computerized Databases
Computerized Documentation
Laboratory Information Systems
Knowledge of Computer Functions for Entering and Retrieving Results
Data Security
Neutropenic Precautions
Droplet Precautions
N95 Masks
CAPR/PAPR Respirators
Chain of Custody Documentation
COVID-19
Special Procedures
Specialized Specimen Handling (Ice etc.)
Specimen ID & Labeling
Specimen Logging
Test Requisitions
Add-on Requests
Aliquoting Processing
Block and Slide Retention/Retrieval
Centrifugation Processing
Compile Test Information
General Acceptability of Specimen for Testing
Log In and Set Up Specimens for Testing
Packaging and Shipment to External Facilities
Pneumatic Tube System
Post-testing Storage
Pre-testing Storage
Slide Preparation and Labeling
Special Handling Considerations (Time, Temperature, Light)
Specimen Plating
Specimen Prioritization and Distribution
Specimen Transport
Staining (e.g., Peripheral Blood Smears, Gram Stain)
Reagents, Standards, and Controls
Critical Value/STAT Results Recognition and Report
Inventory Maintenance
Loading (e.g., Reagents, Controls, Specimens)
Test Initiation
Technical and Analytical Error Recognition and Rep
Specimen Dilution
Basic (e.g., Pipettes, Centrifuges, Microscopes)
Environmental (e.g., Refrigerators, Incubators)
Calibrating Ocular Micrometer
Calibrations for Analytes
Advise Personnel in Test Procedures
Analyze Test Information
Assess Accuracy of Test Procedures
Billing and Coding Procedures
Instrument Maintenance
Interlaboratory Peer Comparison Education Program
Knowledge of Reference Ranges
Laboratory Safety Principles
Linearity
Operation of Centrifuge
Client Confidentiality
Pipetting
Preventive Equipment Maintenance
Proficiency Testing
Quality Assurance
Quality Control Requirements and Documentation
Radiation Safety
Ratios Calculations
Reagents Inventory/Storage
Recalls
Recognize Need for Additional Testing
Recognize Panic Values
Recognize/Report Abnormal Results
Refrigerator Temperature Checks
Slide Retention and Retrieval
Sources of Error in Lab Testing
Specimen Receiving and Accessioning
Specimen/Tissue Management and Storage
Standard Operating Procedures
Troubleshooting
Use of Balance (Weighing)
CAP Standards
CLIA Standards
Joint Commission Standards
Calculation for Solution Preparation (Molarity, Molality)
Validation Studies
Specimen Acceptability
Chemical Monitoring
NFPA 704 M Warning Label
Blood Borne Pathogens
Exposure Plan
Hazardous Materials and SDS
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Tuberculosis Exposure Plan
Biological
Hazardous
Sharps
Assess Quality of Staining
Specimen Accessioning
Specimen Rejection Reasons
Triage Specimen Received from Surgery
Storage Time of Wet Tissue
Disposing Wet Tissue
Assist with Frozen Sectioning
Frozen Sections
Concept of Fixation (Time, Temperature, etc.)
Decalcification of Bone and Hard Tissue
Breast Tissue and Other Fatty Tissues
Bone Marrow Biopsy
Running of Tissue Processor
Chemical Disposal Procedures
Cyto-Spin Preps
Processing Body Fluids (Cell Blocks, Touch Preps)
Tissue Orientation
Embedding Tissue
Paraffin Usage
Tissue Morphology/Anatomy
Microtome and Disposable Blades
Slide Selection (Charged Slides, etc.)
Tissue Protocols
Preparing Slides of Cut Specimens
Preparation of Stains and Reagents
Principle of Hematoxylin Stain
Principle of Eosin Stain
Routine Stains
Coverslipping
Carbol Fuchsin
Colloidal Iron
Congo Red
Crystal Violet
Giemsa
GMS
Oil Red O
Papanicolaou
PAS
Trichrome
Immunohistochemistry Stains
In Situ Hybridization (FISH)
I hereby certify that ALL information I have provided on this skills checklist and all other documentation is true and accurate. I understand and acknowledge that any misrepresentation or omission may result in disqualification from employment and/or immediate termination.
