STEPS IN TISSUE PROCESSING
1. Receipt of samples and identification
2. Specimen entry and acknowledgement
3. Grossing
4. Tissue processing
5. Embedding
6. Section cutting
7. Staining (Haematoxylin & Eosin and special stains)
8. Typing and dispatch of reports
9. Confidentially of reports
10. Critical test reports/ Quality control
11. Amendment of reports
12. Issue of slides
13. Review of outside slides
14. Maintenance of records/ digital archiving