CMLTO

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CMLTO 2006 Members Survey - Anatomic Pathology
Survey Highlights
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CMLTO 2006 Survey

• Mailed January 2006
• Returned February/March 2006
• 23 Rate of Return (292 responses)
• Where applicable, percentage of respondents
  appears as the number on the chart columns.

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Primary place of employment
291 Responses
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Classification of Hospital
274 Responses
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CMLTO Electoral District
290 Responses
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Position Title
289 Responses
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Advanced Qualifications
228 Responses (may include multiple responses/MLT)
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Number of years practising as a Histotechnologist
285 Responses
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Hours worked per week
290 Responses
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Routinely assist with Gross Examination
289 Responses
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Routinely perform Gross Examination
289 Responses
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Perform routine maintenance Tissue Processor
288 Responses
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Perform routine maintenance Embedding Centre
244 Responses
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Routine thickness of sections
266 Responses
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Automated slide labeller in
laboratory
285 Responses
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Slide labeller integrated with LIS
62 Responses (only respondents with an automated
slide labeller were included.)
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Type of Microtome used
398 Responses (may include multiple responses/MLT)
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Perform daily maintenance on Microtome
280 Responses
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Perform quick sections
286 Responses
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Automated staining instrument - frozen section
staining
276 Responses
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Automated staining instrument- routine stains
284 Responses
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Perform routine maintenance on stainer(routine
staining)
284 Response
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Automated staining - special stains (not
including immunohistochemistry)
284 Responses
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Perform routinemaintenance on stainer(special
stains)
238 Responses
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Automated staining -Immunohistochemistry
271 Responses
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Perform routine maintenance on stainer
(Immunohistochemistry)
135 Responses (only respondents with an automated
Immunohistochemistry stainer were included)
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Perform routine maintenance onautomated
coverslipping instrument
284 Responses
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MLT filing - blocks
288 Responses
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MLT filing - slides
288 Responses
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MLT- rotation through various tasks
290 Responses
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Frequency of rotation through various tasks
286 Responses
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Perform Embedding and other tasks
253 Responses
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Embedding
and other tasks performed
1717 Responses (may include multiple
responses/MLT)
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Perform Microtomy and other tasks
260 Responses
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Microtomy
and other tasks performed
2035 Responses (may include multiple
responses/MLT)
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CMLTO 2006 Members Survey - Anatomic Pathology

• Thank you to all respondents.
• Guidelines will be coming in 2007.