This PPT is regarding the instruments which are routinely used in histopathology lab

1. HISTOPATHOLOGY
TOPIC – EQUIPMENTS USED IN HISTOPATHOLOGY LAB
By –
Imran Hussain
Department of Allied Health Sciences,
ERA University, Lucknow

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES -
 What is Histopathology?
 Biopsy
 Microscope
 Microtome
 Paraffin bath
 Slide warmer
 Knives honing and stropping equipments
 Embedding cassettes
 Storage cabinet
 Automatic Tissue Processors

3. WHAT IS HISTOPATHOLOGY?
 Histopathology refers to the microscopic examination
of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease.

4. BIOPSY
 An examination of tissue removed from a living body
to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a
disease.

5. MICROSCOPE
 A microscope is an instrument used to see
objects that are too small to be seen by the naked
eye.
 Microscopy is the science of investigating small
objects and structures using such an instrument.

6. MICROTOME
 A microtome is a tool used to cut extremely thin slices
of material, known as sections.
 Microtomes are used in microscopy, allowing for the
preparation of samples for observation under
transmitted light or electron radiation.

7. PARAFFIN WAX BATH
 This is designed to assist with the handling of paraffin
wax samples in histology and pathology laboratories.
 It is essentially a hot distilled water floating out bath that
allows for the meticulous manipulation and location of
paraffin wax sections onto glass slides.

8. SLIDE WARMER
 The large slide warmer provides the larger
histology or research lab a tool for drying paraffin
sections in minutes in order to perform routine
staining.

9. KNIVES HONING AND STROPPING EQUIPMENTS
 The processing knife sharping with minimal loss of
metal.
Honing Stropping

10. EMBEDDING CASSETTES
 .Tissues are saved in different cassettes having
different color
 Yellow (liver, Renal)
 Green (Routine)
 White (Bones)
 Grey (Skin)
 Pink (Lymph Nodes)

11. STORAGE CABINET
 These cabinets are used to store the stained slide
of Histopathology for future references.

12. AUTOMATIC TISSUE PROCESSORS
 Automatic Tissue Processor is a compact and
sturdy instrument designed with latest technology
for complete automatic dehydration and filtration of
human, tissues, up to final fixing in wax.

13. QUESTIONS ????

14. THANK YOU