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Archivi di laboratorio più efficienti e automatizzati

More efficient and automated laboratory archives

The ‘Safety and Health Initiative for Efficient in Laboratory Archive Detection - SHIELD’ project, coordinated
by Prof. Albino Eccher of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of Unimore, aims at the creation
of more efficient and automated laboratory archives and has obtained a grant of 542,400 euro, of which
376,000 euro financed by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Patients’ biopsy tissue is included
in paraffin blocks from which slides are derived, used by the pathologist to make diagnoses. After the first
cut, about 25 per cent of the blocks are taken back for diagnostic or predictive purposes, to perform new
sections, immunohistochemical staining, and molecular investigations. The project aims to automate the ar-
chiving process to speed up the retrieval time of the blocks and consequently reduce the reporting time. The
objective is to store FFPE relating to cases for which the diagnosis has not yet been formulated (hot storage)
in an automated and robotized archive that is operational 24 hours a day and that prepares them as quickly
as possible for processing or long-term archiving (cold storage).

l progetto “Safety and Health Initiati- alizzazione di archivi di laboratorio più efficienti
ve for Efficient in Laboratory Archi- e automatizzati e ha ottenuto un’agevolazione di
ve Detection – SHIELD” (Iniziativa per 542.400 euro, dei quali 376mila finanziati dall’U-
la sicurezza e la salute per un efficiente niversità di Modena e Reggio Emilia.
Irilevamento degli archivi di laboratorio) Per contestualizzare lo studio occorre sapere
coordinato dal Prof. Albino Eccher del Diparti- che il tessuto bioptico dei pazienti viene incluso
mento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Mater- in blocchetti di paraffina da cui derivano i vetrini,
no-Infantili e dell’Adulto di Unimore mira alla re- utilizzati dal patologo per formulare le diagnosi.

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