I agree with Bonnie, we also do inpatients and outpatients in a hospital. I
have done 10 or 12 in a day due to lack of staff and I can tell you I am
absolutely exhausted and could never keep that pace every day.
 I would truly start questioning quality if those many studies were done
every day every week.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terri Tallman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 2:19 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Tech Volumes
>
> For those of you doing 6-7 studies per day, do you work in a hospital or
> private lab?  I want to come work with you.  I do more than that before
> lunch.  We average 10-12 or more per tech per day.  Then we have to put
> pics together, type prelim and do all our own coping, filing etc.  The
> biggest difference is probably we are a private office.  We don't have to
> wait for transport.  Most of the patients are mobile and cooperative.
> This
> make a big difference.  I would still love to be able to tell the bean
> counters that I can't do more than 7 studies a day.  HA.  I'd be looking
> for  new job.
>
> Terri Tallman, RVT