Case Study: CPA/Norton achieves 76.5% faster histology hands-on time with Leica Biosystems specimen tracking

CPA/Norton reduces hands-on histology time 27% with Leica Biosystems

Leica Biosystems implemented a specimen tracking system (STS) for their customer, a CPA/Norton laboratory network. The challenge was that the lab's manual and disparate tracking processes for pathology specimens were inefficient, prone to error, and unable to provide useful real-time data, leading to time-consuming searches and inconsistent workflows across facilities.

The solution from Leica Biosystems automated labeling and tracking via barcoding at each step from accessioning to slide distribution. This eliminated several major manual tasks, standardized the process, and introduced electronic tracking for transported cassettes. As a result, Leica Biosystems helped the lab achieve a 76.5% reduction in manual hands-on time per case and a 27% time reduction in core histology tasks, saving an average of nearly 16 minutes of technical time per case and allowing specimens to be ready for histology hours earlier each day.

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