The Hidden Factory in Your Lab

Uncovering the Staggering Cost of Poor Slide Quality and the Power of an AI-Driven Solution

Your Lab Is Losing Over $1.2 Million Annually

A seemingly small 10% problematic slide rate creates a massive, hidden factory of inefficiency. This constant rework drains your budget, delays diagnoses, and burns out your highly-skilled staff. We analyzed a typical high-volume lab to quantify this drain.

Problematic Slide Rate

10%

Of 250,000 annual slides require costly rework.

Based on a model lab processing 250,000 slides per year with a 10% failure rate.

Deconstructing the Cost of a Single Failed Slide

Every time a slide fails, it triggers a cascade of direct material and labor costs. The time of your most valuable assets—your pathologists and histotechnologists—is consumed by fixing preventable errors.

Direct Rework Cost: $25.00

Includes new slides, reagents, coverslips, and the amortized cost of rescanning the WSI.

Wasted Labor Cost: $23.59

Combines 15 minutes of a Histotechnologist's time ($9.62) and 5 minutes of a Pathologist's time ($13.97) spent on the rework cycle.

Total Cost Per Failure

$48.59

Cost Composition per Failed Slide

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The Solution: Intercepting Errors with AI

An automated AI-QC platform transforms the workflow. Instead of pathologists finding errors downstream, the AI acts as an intelligent gatekeeper, flagging flawed images immediately after scanning.

BEFORE AI-QC: The Rework Loop

1. Slide is Scanned
2. Pathologist Reviews WSI
3. Finds Critical Artifact!
4. Rejects Slide, Notifies Lab
5. Rework (Re-cut, Re-stain)
6. 24-48 Hour Delay

AFTER AI-QC: Streamlined Workflow

1. Slide is Scanned
2. AI-QC Instantly Analyzes
3. Flawed slide flagged & reworked immediately
4. Only Quality Slides Proceed
5. Pathologist Receives Perfect WSI
6. No Delay, No Wasted Time