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What is a Histotech? The path the tissue travels from the patient to the pathologist is crucial. The histotechnologist combines art and science to enable the pathologist to make an accurate diagnosis. Please scroll through the following pages to observe the tissue as it goes through each step of the process:

1) Tissue processing

2) Paraffin embedding

3) Cutting the block

4) Floating the section

5) Staining the section