Workstation

A lab technician's everyday tool for processing protocol-driven samples through a paperless workflow.

Workstation Types

Accessioning

  • Generate Unique Barcode Labels for Specimens
  • Document Case, Sample, and Study Information
  • Attach Documentation
  • Preprint Cassette and Slide Labels
  • View and Configure Derivatives for Samples
  • Accession Multiple Different Sample Types Together

Grossing, Necropsy and Trimming

  • Print or Auto-print Tissue Cassette Label Barcodes
  • Verify Submitted Cassettes
  • Document Gross Observations
  • Take or Attach Tissue Images and Add Annotations
  • Batch Samples to Processor Trays
  • Work with Clinpath Samples
  • Generate Hematology Slides from Blood Samples

Fluid Samples

  • Generate Cassettes for Tissue from Fluid Samples
  • Print or Auto-print and Verify Cytoslides

Frozen Samples

  • Generate Cryotomy Slides from Frozen Tissue
  • Print or Auto-print and Verify Frozen Slides

Tissue Processing

  • Document Movement of Batched Cassettes into and out of Tissue Processors
  • Log Tissue Processor Programs for Each Run

Embedding

  • Scan Cassettes to Document Embedding and Cold Plate Time
  • Batch Cassettes to Block Boxes

Microtomy

  • Print or Auto-Print Slide Label Barcodes
  • Verify Submitted Slides
  • Batch Slides to Stainer Racks
  • Batch Blocks to Containers
  • Take or Attach Block Images and Add Annotations

Drying

  • Batch Slides into and out of Ovens

Staining

  • Batch Slides into and out of Stainers
  • Track Staining Workload

Coverslipping

  • Batch Slides into and out of Coverslippers

Stain Review

  • Provide Slide Staining Feedback
  • Place Rework Orders on Jars, Cassettes, and Unstained Slides

Slide Imaging and Analysis

  • Document Slide Movement into and out of Imagers
  • Attach Digital Slide Images to Slides

Delivery

  • Batch Case Items to Containers and Send to Recipients
  • Ship Case Items to External Recipients

Inventory

  • Store Wet Tissue, Blocks, and Slides in Barcoded Containers
  • Monitor Rework Requests Placed by Pathologists
  • Dispose of Samples

Quality Assurance and Control

  • Document Quality Issues for Items
  • Document Resolutions for Issues
  • Document Reason for Change

Search/Workqueue

  • Search for an Item or Items Using Identifiers, Metadata, and Filters
  • Export Results to Excel
  • Filter Results by Rework and View Rework Requests