Knowledge Base

"[The Rankin Can-Filter Fume System] is absolutely better than what is out there right now,” Prince told our team during a recent review. “It’s powerful—and more importantly, it works.

Most LIS platforms are capable of generating output files—such as text or CSV
files—that contain the data needed for printing cassettes and slides. If your printer
software can monitor a shared folder and automatically process those files, integration
is not only possible, but seamless.

The Rankin Can-Filter Fume Filtration System is a stand-alone, whole-room carbon filter solution designed to remove hazardous fumes in histology labs, ensuring a cleaner and safer work environment. With no need for ventilation modifications, easy plug-and-play operation, and powerful chemical filtration, it’s the ideal addition to any lab’s safety measures.

Studies have shown that handwriting slides in a histology lab can result in an error rate of 0.1 to 3%, while implementation of an automated slide printing system can reduce this rate to virtually zero.

Every histology laboratory has a method for preparing paraffin cell-block specimens.  Certain cytology specimens, fine needle aspirates (FNAs), tiny tissue fragments, fragmented needle core biopsies and suspensions of cells for both clinical and research evaluation all require a method to get the specimen from the specimen container into a paraffin block for embedding, microtomy and staining.

Why even bother to learn about troubleshooting? Wouldn’t it be more interesting to listen to one of the presentations on molecular technology? Possibly. But what would you do if your pathologist brought you a slide from the first batch of today’s H&E’s that looked sub-optimal to review alongside an optimal slide stained the previous day?

There are three parts to the start-up process:  Instrument Verification, Stain Protocol Optimization, and Validation of the Staining Protocols. 

Educational Series #7 explores the advantages of IHC double staining, emphasizing its role in enhancing diagnostic precision by identifying multiple targets within the same tissue section. This technique is particularly valuable in modern pathology, as it allows pathologists to analyze proteins and nucleic acids simultaneously, supporting more informed clinical decisions.

Educational Series #6 outlines the critical validation and verification steps required for immunohistochemistry (IHC) procedures, ensuring accuracy, reproducibility, and reliability in diagnostic pathology.

Educational Series #5 explores in situ hybridization, a molecular technique for detecting specific DNA or RNA sequences within tissue sections, aiding in disease diagnosis and prognosis.

Educational Series #4 explores antibody structure and function, highlighting their critical role in immunohistochemical (IHC) techniques for protein localization in tissue sections.