ISTOS Medical · Knowledge Center
Practical histopathology guidance for labs & hospitals.
Deep dives on grossing, processing, microtomy, frozen sectioning, embedding, staining,
coverslipping and more – written to help lab managers, pathologists and biomedical
engineers modernise their workflow.
Grossing
Tissue Processing
Microtomy
Embedding
Staining & Coverslipping
First series:
Grossing to Coverslip – a step-by-step workflow from specimen reception to slide archiving.
Featured article
Grossing Station: designing a safer, smarter first step.
Category: Grossing · Reading time: ~6–8 minutes
How ergonomics, ventilation, grossing boards and standardised toolkits combine to protect staff,
reduce errors and improve downstream processing quality.
Open Grossing Station guide
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Latest from the Knowledge Center
Workflow-first articles and explainer posts.
Grossing
Workflow design
Grossing Station: safer, smarter first step in histopathology.
Why grossing deserves priority in capex planning – and how ventilation, stainless steel design,
boards and tools impact every case downstream.
Processing
Coming soon
Tissue Processing: protecting morphology, supporting diagnosis.
A practical look at selecting tissue processors, defining cycles for Indian biopsy profiles and
aligning reagent use with turnaround expectations.
In development · Watch this space
Preview series
Upcoming topics & series previews.
Microtomy: from block to slide.
How to think about manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic microtomes in terms of
reproducibility, ergonomics and training requirements.
Microtomy · Coming soon · Part of Grossing to Coverslip series
Learning paths · Explore by workflow step
Follow the same journey your specimens take – from grossing to archiving – and discover
upcoming articles as they go live.
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