Helping shape the future of diagnostics in Basel with Milestone instruments
Customer
Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology at the University of Basel, Switzerland, is the largest of its kind in the country, processing around 150,000 probes annually (approximately 600 per day).
Challenge
With a high specimen volume, the institute needed to optimize embedding and decalcification processes to save technician time, improve turnaround, and maintain excellent sample quality—especially for bone and bone marrow biopsies.
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Revolutionizing laboratory workflow with milestone tissue processors
Customer
TIAGA Pathology in Loveland, Colorado, USA. Founded in 2013, specializes in dermatopathology, with 98% of specimens being skin or soft tissue. Over the past four years, they have integrated several Milestone products into their workflow.
Challenge
The lab needed a reliable, customizable processing system to improve slide quality, streamline operations, and reduce both costs and hazardous waste, while meeting client turnaround expectations.
Solution
By implementing the Pathos DELTA, Tiaga Pathology achieved a standardized, uninterrupted workflow. Its intuitive, xylene-free design allows for flexible long and short runs, reduced waste and costs, and consistently superior results for clients.
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Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital Modernizes Its Anatomical Pathology Laboratory
Customer
Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital (Zaragoza, Spain), processing ~75,000 samples/year in its Anatomic Pathology Lab.
Challenge
Need to optimize workflow, reduce processing time, improve embedding quality, enhance staff safety, and lower environmental impact.
Solution
Implementation of MAGNUS-Synergy system by Milestone, enabling faster processing, uniform embedding, safer working conditions, and reduced reagent use.
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Eliminating the risk of formalin in the operating theatre thanks to UltraSAFE
Customer
Operating Room Managers at Hôpital Privé de l’Ouest Parisien, France.
Challenge
Protecting nursing staff against the risk of formaldehyde is a crucial issue, taking into account that many facilities are not yet equipped with collective protection solutions.
Solution
“The nursing staff is very grateful, as it really improves their working conditions. They clearly feel that they are no longer in contact with dangerous formaldehyde”, says the customer.
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New Technology minimizes exposure to formalin
Customer
Pathology Department of Helios University Hospital, Wuppertal, Germany.
Challange
At Helios Wuppertal, formalin is a necessity in daily tasks when dealing with specimens. The challenge is to reduce formalin exposure in the transport process from the operating room to the pathology department.
Solution
“The new UltraSAFE technology has helped us minimize exposure and reduce formalin consumption with benefits for both the operator’s safety and the environment”, says the customer.
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Standardize and secure the freezing of tissues with FlashFREEZE
Customer
Anatomo-Cyto Pathology Laboratory of Center Hospitalier Universitaire d’Amiens Picardie, France.
Challange
Recent changes in the laboratory’s setup have rendered the liquid nitrogen freezing technique unsafe. Hence, the lab has been seeking a less hazardous and restrictive solution that would allow for ultra-fast freezing of samples, without compromising tissue preservation.
Solution
The FlashFREEZE system quickly and safely freezes samples at -80°C, standardizing the entire process.
The customer says: “We have validated the freezing method with the FlashFREEZE: this system allows an equivalent or higher quality of tissue preservation compared to liquid nitrogen freezing”.
The customer says: “We have validated the freezing method with the FlashFREEZE: this system allows an equivalent or higher quality of tissue preservation compared to liquid nitrogen freezing”.
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Remove the risks of formalin in the operating room thanks to TissueSAFE plus
Customer
Operating Room of Louis-Mourier Hospital, Colombes, France.
Anatomo-pathology Laboratory of Bichat-Claude-Bernard Hospital, Paris, France.
Anatomo-pathology Laboratory of Bichat-Claude-Bernard Hospital, Paris, France.
Challange
In 2017, the Anatomo-pathology Laboratory at Louis-Mourier Hospital closed and its operations were relocated to Bichat-Claude-Bernard Hospital’s laboratory. Consequently, it was necessary to find a solution to prevent storage and transportation of large samples in formalin, protecting operators against toxic exposure.
Solution
Thanks to TissueSAFE plus, large samples are placed under vacuum immediately after their extraction and sent to the Anatomo-pathology Lab, avoiding any formalin exposure.
A printed label is attached on the vacuum-sealed bag, ensuring complete traceability of the vacuum date and time, user and patient ID.
A printed label is attached on the vacuum-sealed bag, ensuring complete traceability of the vacuum date and time, user and patient ID.
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Ramón y Cajal hospital opens a new grossing room – Interview with Dr. José Palacios
Customer
Pathology Department of Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Challange
Dr. José Palacios, as the head of the Pathology Department, describes the renovation they faced in 2016. This stemmed from the need to update the technological equipment and ensure compliance with regulations concerning formalin exposure.
Solution
The integration of new grossing equipment with built-in imaging system (eGROSS and WorkSTATION) ensures higher flexibility, ergonomics and safety. The future installation of automatic formalin dispensing systems (SealSAFE) will reduce formalin exposure and improve sample documentation.
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