Histology workforce shortages remain one of the major challenges within the clinical laboratory industry, and, unfortunately, as the demand for histotechnologists increases, the number of qualified personnel has been decreasing. A report released in September by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) revealed the total vacancy rate for histology was 20.5% in 2024. This […]
One Lab’s Solution to Its Histotechnologist Shortage
Medical University of South Carolina uses third-party slide processing to relieve histology lab
- By Jillia Schlingman
- > From the Volume XXXII, No. 18 - December 29, 2025 Issue
- Tags: american society of clinical pathology, ASCP, cap, College of American Pathologists, COVID-19, digital pathology, digital scanner, embedding, eosin staining, executive war college, FedEx, hematoxylin, Histology, histology laboratory, histotechnologist, James Madory DO, lab risk & compliance, Medical University of South Carolina, microtomy, MUSC, pcr testing, Premana, Quest Diagnostics, Splice Histology, third-party slide processing, tissue processing, Tom Schofield, University of North Dakota
