Follow a few simple hacks to ensure success for cassettes in every step of the histology process. 

Winter is coming and temperatures are dropping! Ever opened a shipment of formalin only to find it’s partially frozen? No need to panic! Here’s what you need to know about formalin (and other

Ugh. My tissue washed off again during IHC. Why is there so much background on the slide? I can’t get this toenail to stay on the slide. We get it, we’ve been there and have experienced all these

Tired of daily filtering of your hematoxylin? Or having to change out every couple of days? Or maybe you have a new pathologist who is not happy with the H&E stains and protocol that have been used

With many different stains and options and so many colors and chemical reactions taking place, there is nothing to be afraid of. Knowing some simple tips and tricks to navigate through special stains will

It’s a busy day in the gross room and time for a new scalpel blade. You grab a blade from a new box and attach it to the blade handle only to notice that the blade seems very loose and doesn’t

As histotechs, we are aware that slides are the star of the show. However, we also know that slides don’t work on their own. In the quiet corners of our labs, small equipment like slide dryers fade

Not every lab pen will work effectively with every cassette. Explore these helpful hints to safeguard hand-labeled cassette ink from washing off during processing. 

How many of these challenges have you encountered in the gross room or in the lab? 

We’ve all had that piece of tissue that is too big to fit into a standard cassette, demanding careful dissection to preserve margins or essential diagnostic material. Or once dissected, the tissue uses