SlideMate Laser Achieves 100% Barcode Scannability with the Epredia E1000 Dx Digital Pathology Solution (E1000 Dx) & the 3DHISTECH PANNORAMIC 1000 DX Digital Pathology Slide Scanners
Objective
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the scannability rate of 2D barcodes generated by the Epredia SlideMate Laser slide printer that have been printed directly on SlideMate Laser PLUS slides on the Epredia E1000 Dx Digital Slide Scanner\*† Digital Slide Scanner†
and the 3DHistech P1000 DX . Methods
1000 SlideMate Laser PLUS microscope slides were printed with 2D, data matrix barcodes and identifying text directly onto the slide using the SlideMate Laser slide printer. SlideMate Laser prints text and barcodes at 600dpi. The 1000 microscope slides consisted of 200 slides of each tab colour: white, blue, pink, green, yellow. After slides were printed on SlideMate Laser, they were stained using the Epredia Gemini AS automated slide stainer.
Slides were then loaded into the E1000 Dx and the P1000 DX scanners. A scan is classified as successful when the instrument scans the barcode and the information is populated in the scanner software.
† IVD units not for sale in the US, and select other geographies globally. For more information, please contact your local Epredia specialist. * E1000 Dx Digital Pathology Solution is 510k pending.
Results
For both barcode scannability tests, each microscope slide barcode was successfully scanned and the data was correctly placed into the software. No slide tabs were unable to be read so as a result, no date stamp (DS) results were seen.
No difference in scannability was seen on the 5 slide colors tested.
The Epredia E1000 Dx Digital Slide Scanner achieved a barcode scannability rate of 100%. No barcodes were deemed inadequate or unscannable.
The P1000 DX Digital Slide Scanner also achieved a barcode scannability rate of 100%.
Conclusion
A barcode scannability rate of 100% was seen on the printed slides generated on the SlideMate Laser slide printer and scanned on the E1000 Dx and P1000 DX digital slide scanners. These results indicate that high quality barcode printing with a 600dpi resolution and accurate data placement on the slide tab can support digital pathology in the laboratory to enable labs to reduce the amount of manual intervention needed in one of the most error prone parts of the digital slide scanning workflow.
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References: 1 Hanna, M.G., Ardon, O., Reuter, V.E. et al. Integrating digital pathology into clinical practice. Mod Pathol 35, 152–164 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-021-00929-0 2 Hanna, M.G., Reuter, V.E., Ardon, O. et al. Validation of a digital pathology system including remote review during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mod Pathol 33, 2115–2127 (2020). https://
doi.org/10.1038/s41379-020-0601-5
3 Hartman DJ, Pantanowitz L, McHugh JS, Piccoli AL, OLeary MJ, Lauro GR. Enterprise Implementation of Digital Pathology: Feasibility, Challenges, and Opportunities. J Digit Imaging. 2017 Oct;30(5):555-560. doi: 10.1007/s10278-017-9946-9. PMID: 28116576; PMCID: PMC5603431
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