A major step towards achieving faster and more accurate diagnosis was taken recently when the histopathology service in Leeds announced that it had gone digital, and now scans every slide produced. Here, different perspectives of the transformation are explored.
In Autumn 2018, the pathology department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust celebrated a significant milestone in its transformation to digital pathology. Leeds became one of the first pathology departments in the world to scan 100% of their glass slides.
As Dr Darren Treanor (Consultant Pathologist at Leeds, and Diagnostic Digital Pathology Lead for The Royal College of Pathologists) explains: “The way we are digitising pathology services in Leeds enables us to produce the quality images pathologists need to diagnose patients quickly and safely. Going digital not only allows pathologists to do their work on a computer, but it also unlocks the possibility of using the computer to help make the diagnosis, offering huge potential for the future.”
The pathology department, located at St James’ Hospital in Leeds, is one of the largest in the UK, processing over 1000 pathology slides a day, and is now digitally scanning every slide thanks to a partnership with Leica Biosystems. The step-by-step process each slide goes through at Leeds has been rigorously tested and received ISO 15189 (International Organization for Standardization) accreditation, laying the foundations for national guidelines on using digital pathology.
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