PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT

Pathology Assistant

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

PATIENT/CLIENT AGE GROUP EXPERIENCE

PRACTICE SETTING EXPERIENCE

EMR/SOFTWARE/TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

ISOLATION AND INFECTION PREVENTION

PATIENT/CLIENT CARE AND SPECIMEN COLLECTION

SPECIMEN PREPARATION AND PROCESSING

ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

LABORATORY OPERATIONS/PROCEDURES

LABORATORY REGULATIONS

EVALUATE LAB DATA

LABORATORY SAFETY AND SAFETY PRINCIPLES

LABORATORY SAFETY AND SAFETY PRINCIPLES : PROPER WASTE/SHARPS DISPOSAL

PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT

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.

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
Chain of Custody Documentation
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)

Recognize/Report Abnormal Results
Recognize Need for Additional Testing
Calculation for Solution Preparation (Molarity, Molality)
Validation Studies
Specimen Acceptability
Sources of Error in Lab Testing
Assess Accuracy of Test Procedures
Knowledge of Reference Ranges
Recognize Panic Values

Chemical Monitoring
NFPA 704 M Warning Label
Blood Borne Pathogens
Exposure Plan
Hazardous Materials and SDS
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Tuberculosis Exposure Plan

Assist Eviscerations
Assist in Autopsy
Assist with Gross Anatomic Dissection
Determine Proper Fixative Solutions
Dictate Macroscopic Gross Findings
Dissection of Surgical Specimens
Image Analysis
Immunohistochemistry
Label and Store Gross Tissue Specimen
Perform Photomicroscopy
Photograph Specimen Samples
Post-Mortem Assessment
Remove Organs
Select and Identify Tissue for Microscopic Study
Triage Specimen Received from Surgery
Tumor Triage
Assist with Frozen Specimen Processing/Testing

CAP Standards
CLIA Standards
Joint Commission Standards

Biological
Hazardous
Sharps