Riben Michael
Department of Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Surg Pathol Clin. 2015 Jun;8(2):175-86. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2015.02.012. Epub 2015 Apr 21.
The practice of surgical pathology is under constant pressure to deliver the highest quality of service, reduce errors, increase throughput, and decrease turnaround time while at the same time dealing with an aging workforce, increasing financial constraints, and economic uncertainty. Although not able to implement total laboratory automation, great progress continues to be made in workstation automation in all areas of the pathology laboratory. This report highlights the benefits and challenges of pathology automation, reviews middleware and its use to facilitate automation, and reviews the progress so far in the anatomic pathology laboratory.
外科病理学实践面临着持续的压力，既要提供最高质量的服务、减少错误、提高通量并缩短周转时间，同时还要应对劳动力老龄化、日益增加的财务限制和经济不确定性。尽管无法实现实验室全面自动化，但病理实验室各个领域在工作站自动化方面仍在不断取得巨大进展。本报告重点介绍了病理自动化的益处和挑战，回顾了中间件及其在促进自动化方面的应用，并审视了解剖病理学实验室到目前为止所取得的进展。
