Table 1.

Summary of recommendations based on experience during the pandemic at Humanitas.

People management	Equipment	Teaching and training	Samples handling	Autopsy
•Personnel number reduction to the utmost necessary; relocation (check point activity) •Work schedule reshaping •Personnel distancing •Remote working •Clear and efficient communications	•PPE: surgical masks, FFP2, surgical gloves, disposable lab coats and glasses •Waste-sparing PPE management •Hypochlorite solutions •Alcoholic solutions •Technology: scanners, laptops, pairing softwares	•Virtual meeting to review slides with tutors •Training on digital pathology •Multidisciplinar board meeting •Webinars for Residents	•Fresh material handling with PPE (FFP2, FFP3 masks) •COVID-19 status assessment •Dedicated cryostat •Samples fixed in formalin for at least 24 h (48 h for COVID-19 +) •Instruments disinfection	•COVID-19 status assessment (swab within 2 h) •COVID-19: performed with PPE (FFP2 and FFP3) •High-risk procedures restricted to Senior Pathologists •COVID+: performed only in referred Pathology Department