Histotechnology

August 2023—No jams, downtime, or lost time. Plenty of savings, speed, and employee satisfaction. Users of what General Data calls its next-generation cassette printer for histology laboratories say they’ve seen all that and more.

February 2023—Workspace design seldom supports the tasks workers perform, and pain and productivity loss can be the outcomes. Eliminating the risks at the design stage is therefore the best approach. When that’s not possible, retrofitting to reduce or eliminate some (but not all) of the hazards is an option, though it’s difficult and can be costly, says Marissa Pentico, MS, OT/L, CPE, ergonomics coordinator in the Duke University Occupational and Environmental Safety Office.

February 2023—I was fortunate last summer to be part of a team established to build a histology laboratory in rural Ghana. Despite our many challenges, we succeeded in building a laboratory where specimens can now be processed for pathological interpretation. Although many obstacles remain, this laboratory offers great potential to improve the pathology services provided to a large portion of rural Ghana.

July 2022—Good slides in, good images out. Liron Pantanowitz, MD, MHA, explained how to get those good images in a recent webinar on preanalytics quality control in digital pathology, sponsored by Sunquest and made available by the Association for Pathology Informatics.