Optimizing tissue processing: Skåne University Hospital’s strategy for streamlined laboratory workflows

Tissue processing, defined as the procedure in which fixated tissue is made suitable for embedding in paraffin, typically involves three sequential steps: dehydration, clearing, and infiltration. Dehydration problems, difficulties in tracking errors, and instable temperatures which in return would negatively affect the tissues, were, however, some challenges that the Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden, were experiencing.

Example of an H&E stain of an appendix from Lund. Use the mouse to scroll over the image and examine it up close.