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Slide Stainer Evaluation: A Local Workflow Trial Checklist

2026-10-29

I have sat through a lot of slide stainer demonstrations, and I have also sat with laboratory managers a few…

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A Preventive Maintenance Plan for Histology Equipment: Schedules, Records and Checklists

2026-10-29

A preventive maintenance (PM) plan is what turns unplanned breakdowns into scheduled, manageable tasks. For a histology laboratory running tissue…

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How Humidity Damages Histology Lab Equipment

2026-08-25

I used to write "humidity" on a service report the way a tired doctor writes "stress" — a polite shrug…

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Why Monday Morning H&E Staining Looks Wrong (and It’s Usually Not the Machine)

2026-08-24

You don't need to be in the room to spot a Monday problem. The shape of it is always the…

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What Really Happens When a Tissue Processor Fails at 2 a.m. — and How I Salvage the Run

2026-08-21

My phone rang at 2:14 a.m. It was a lab manager whose processor had stopped mid-run. The hospital had lost…

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Glass Slide Coverslipping Problems I’ve Fixed in Real Labs — and What I Now Recommend

2026-08-21

A distributor friend called me last week. His three biggest accounts — 800-bed, 1,000-bed, and 1,200-bed hospitals — were all…

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