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. 2026 Feb 4;13:1650978. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1650978

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Flowchart illustrating four steps in a laboratory process. Step 1: ML preparation, taking 5 hours total, 5 effective. Step 2: Embedding, taking 96 hours total, 8 effective. Step 3: Specimen creation, taking 35 hours total, 10 effective. Step 4: Preparation for histological examination, taking 50 hours total, 10 effective. Each step includes specific tasks with arrows indicating sequence. — Overview of the entire process from ML collection in the hospital up to histological examination. The respective duration for each process step is provided. A distinction is made between “total time,” which describes the total duration of each process step, including waiting times, hardening times, or application times for stains etc., and “effective time,” which in turn describes only the actual working time for two persons. The depicted times present the sum of the duration of each individual sub-processes of the respective process step.