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Don’t trust leaving your cassettes alone. Track them!

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Nowadays traceability is of paramount importance in any hospital. Tracking the sample’s data from its collection up to the final analysis is fundamental to ensure a correct diagnosis and, ultimately, for patient safety. However, the reality in many laboratories is that several steps of the sample’s journey are not fully tracked or are done manually, with the high risk of losing relevant data or getting mismatches, thus impacting on the final diagnosis. So, how to properly track the specimens’ data? This educational webinar aims to provide valuable and efficient solutions to enhance...

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The Science behind the Art of Grossing

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Grossing is one of the pillar steps in the specimen preparation toward pathology diagnosis. Over the years, traditional grossing stations have been incrementally improved, but never offered a breakthrough approach to this fundamental step. This educational webinar aims to provide valuable and efficient solutions to enhance the grossing step. Through live webcams our Application Specialists will discuss the main problems with today’s grossing procedures and will present the main key factors for a successful grossing. What you will learn Improve the operator’s safety during...

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3 Safety factors in Tissue Processing

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Tissue processing is a standard and essential procedure in every histology laboratory. Today’s challenge for modern processors is to provide high throughput and productivity, without compromising quality and safety. How to ensure safety for both specimens and operators during processing? This educational webinar aims to provide valuable methods for enhanced safety during processing. Through live webcams our Application Specialist will discuss the common factors and errors that may negatively impact on safety and how to tackle them, to preserve the specimen, while assuring a safe working...

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Addressing the challenges of Grossing Descriptions

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Grossing of biospecimens is a key step in the pre-analytical phase with a big impact on the entire process and on the final diagnosis. Traditionally, this step requires notes, drawings and pictures; however grossing descriptions may be subjective and they are often done with multiple tools and without a standardized approach. Through this educational webinar you will learn valuable tools for enhanced grossing descriptions. Through live webcams our Application Specialist discusses the challenges of the grossing step, showing innovative solutions to improve documentation during dissection....

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How to Enhance the Quality of your Frozen Sections

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The frozen sections’ technique is widely utilized in pathology labs, allowing pathologists to rapidly analyze and diagnose tissue samples while the patient is still in the operating room. However, this procedure is often known to offer slides of poor morphological quality due to the slow freezing procedure, resulting in uncertain diagnosis. During the event, our Application Specialist discusses the current frozen sections techniques, highlighting its limitations and challenges. Through live streaming directly from our new Milestone laboratory, we will unveil strategies that...

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How to Auto-embed with your Tissue Processor

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Manual embedding represents one of the most critical bottlenecks in the histology workflow. It is a time-consuming procedure that requires experienced technicians with good manual skills, to obtain optimal conditions for the cutting step. Our Application Specialist will discuss the common challenges related to manual embedding and will show an innovative approach for auto-embedding inside your tissue processor. You will learn how to remove the tedious and time-consuming manual steps through a single tissue processing and embedding protocol. What you will learn How to optimize your...

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Tips & Tricks for Microtomy

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Sections Cutting is the art that brings processed tissues onto the histology slides. The success of this procedure strictly depends on two main factors: the microtome device which is used for the cutting on one hand, and the personal skills and expertise of the histotechnicians on the other. How to improve both factors and get optimal microtome sections? This educational webinar aims to provide valuable tips on how to avoid the most common pitfalls during microtomy. Through live webcams our application specialist will show useful practical hints for a successful cutting. What you will...

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