Pathology Labs

Move cases through histology with less re-entry and fewer missed handoffs.

Build your pathology lab’s Digital Brain with Scispot. Capture specimens, check identifiers, and route histology work through personalized queues that keep blocks, slides, and case handoffs visible alongside existing clinical systems.
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Supporting 250+ instrument types, more than 1,000 experiments each month, and millions of samples across diagnostics, genomics, biotech, and regulated testing.

Your best fit

Built for histology, surgical pathology, and tissue research handoffs.

Connect case intake, slide preparation, and review alongside your LIS and image system. Start where re-entry, unassigned work, or missing case information delays the next handoff.

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Features

Published Customer Outcomes

From specimen receipt to complete case review.

75%

Shorter receipt-to-sectioning turnaround

Cut one pathology workflow from eight hours to two.

<5 minutes

Find sample status and history

Brought one pathology workflow’s sample tracing below five minutes.

60%

Fewer update delays

We reduced status-update delays for one molecular diagnostics lab.

500+ hrs/yr

Scientist time recovered

Automated inventory logging and tracking for one diagnostics lab.

One system, three layers

One Digital Brain from tissue receipt to a reviewable case.

Receive Specimens & Check Identity

Capture submitting details, specimen site, receipt information, and processing instructions through configured forms or supported LIS imports. Check identifiers and required fields for missing or conflicting information.

Assign case and derivative IDs, route exceptions to an owner, and create agreed histology tasks. Staff work from the original request and linked records.

Assign Histology & Follow-up Work

Assign processing, embedding, sectioning, staining, and follow-up queues. Each task carries its case, source block, method, priority, and recorded exceptions.

Record reagent lots, stain batches, control-review status, and completion against each slide. Link recuts to original blocks; supported image handoffs add available references and scanner metadata.

Route Cases & Prepare Handoffs

Assemble slide status, results, preparation history, and open tasks for case review. Check incomplete handoffs and assign follow-up work before the case advances.

Link approved outputs from the sign-off system with their versions and amendments. Histology staff see next actions; authorized professionals retain interpretation and clinical reporting.

One connected operating layer

Less status chasing from specimen receipt to case review.

Scispot carries case details into assigned tasks, checks required records, and shows outstanding work so teams spend less time reconstructing handoffs.

Ask where a case stands
and what still needs attention.

Follow the records behind the answer.

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Where are the blocks for this case?
Which slides are waiting for staining?
Show cases missing receipt information.
Trace this slide to its source specimen.
List open recut requests by priority.
Summarize this case’s processing history.
Where are the blocks for this case?
Which slides are waiting for staining?
Show cases missing receipt information.
Trace this slide to its source specimen.
List open recut requests by priority.
Summarize this case’s processing history.
AI-native lab transformation

Practical tools for the work between receipt and review.

Histology Queues Built for Staff

Jazz gives staff personalized screens for cases, derivatives, tasks, and exceptions. Receiving teams, histotechnologists, and reviewers use shared Scispot data without a separate database.

Checks Before the Next Handoff

Configure identifiers, intake fields, label checks, and review steps. Assign missing records and additional-work requests to named owners before the case advances.

Data from Your Existing Systems

GLUE imports supported LIS records, instrument outputs, and image references. Map them to cases and derivatives, preserve sources, and return status through agreed interfaces.

Scientists and Engineers Alongside You

Our scientists and engineers map histology pathways, configure tasks and interfaces, test cases, and train staff. Measure adoption and handoff time, then improve the workflow together.

Remove manual work from three common pathology handoffs.

01

Accession to Histology Handoff

Capture cases once and send complete instructions to histology.

Capture submitting requests, specimen sites, receipt conditions, and instructions in a configured receiving screen. Link containers to cases and assign derivative IDs before tissue processing.

Check required fields and identifiers; route discrepancies to receiving staff. Once checks pass, send histology the preparation task, priority, and source record without another transcription step.

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02

Recuts and Additional Stains

Assign follow-up work to the correct source block.

Capture recut or additional-stain requests with source blocks, priorities, and requesting reviewers. Assign preparation tasks and link new slides to their cases and requests.

Record stain batches, reagent lots, and control-review status. Staff see pending work; reviewers see ready slides. Missing control evidence remains visible until the responsible person resolves it.

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03

Referral and Case Reconciliation

Reconcile outgoing material, reports, and open referral tasks.

Create referrals from selected blocks or slides, destinations, and requested reviews. Record dispatch and expected return, then attach supported external reports to originating cases.

Compare requested, sent, and returned items using agreed identifiers. Assign missing material and reports to responsible staff. Authorized reviewers assess findings while operations tracks remaining tasks with referral history intact.

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Remove the handoff that slows your pathology team most.

Bring a case and its slowest handoff. Our scientists and engineers will scope records, checks, and connections, then measure manual entry or cases awaiting complete preparation.
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FAIR data • pipelines • automation

Instruments • ELN/LIMS/SDMS • 200+ connectors

FAIR data • pipelines • automation

Instruments • ELN/LIMS/SDMS • 200+ connectors

Frequently asked questions

What does a pathology LIMS manage in this workflow?

A pathology LIMS tracks specimens, blocks, slides, processing, locations, and review status. Scispot’s Digital Brain also captures cases, checks fields, assigns histology tasks, and routes exceptions through personalized screens on shared records. It supports histology, surgical pathology, and tissue research; designated systems and professionals retain clinical interpretation and final reporting.

Can Scispot work with our pathology LIS and image system?

Scispot exchanges case IDs, statuses, and image references through supported files and interfaces. Define system roles, data ownership, permissions, exports, and handoff behavior together. Existing diagnostic viewers and reporting tools can remain in use; available interfaces and required mappings determine the connection scope.

How are specimens, blocks, slides, and recuts kept connected?

Model parent-child records for cases, specimens, blocks, and slides. Recuts and additional stains become linked requests and derivatives. Configure labels, checks, locations, and status changes around that hierarchy, preserving source relationships through preparation, review, referral, and storage.

Where should a pathology team start implementation?

Start with one pathway, such as receipt to routine slide preparation. Our scientists and engineers map IDs, labels, tasks, exceptions, and reviews; configure the app and agreed connections; test representative and incomplete cases; and train users. Track manual entry, open handoffs, and use before expanding. Your laboratory approves procedures and required validation.

How does Scispot support controlled pathology workflows?

Scispot provides configurable access, audit trails, electronic signatures, reviews, and source-linked records. Trust Vault helps organize control evidence and agreed validation scope. Your laboratory determines clinical, privacy, and quality requirements and retains responsibility for intended use, procedures, validation, diagnostic interpretation, and final sign-off.

Controlled records for the people responsible for the case.

Scispot supports traceable records, role-based access, reviews, and validation evidence. Your laboratory owns intended use, clinical interpretation, quality procedures, validation, and final sign-off.