Pathology

The Department of Pathology of Zhejiang Hospital is mainly responsible for the hospital’s pathological diagnosis, including paraffin-section examination, intraoperative frozen section, immunohistochemistry, special staining, cytological examination, HPVE6E7 testing, molecular pathology testing (FISH, PCR, NGS), renal pathology examination, neuromuscular biopsy pathology examination, and other services. It conducts tumor genetic testing and hereditary genetic testing in a standardized manner, providing a basis for clinical targeted therapy, prediction of drug efficacy, and risk assessment of hereditary diseases, and fully meeting the needs of patients and clinical practice. It performs intraoperative frozen-section pathological examination and routine pathological examination. The department currently has 29 employees, including 14 physicians and 15 technical and support staff. Thirteen have intermediate or senior professional titles, and 14 have master's or higher degrees. It has a pathology specimen receiving and dispatch room, reception and inquiry room, pathology grossing room, tissue-processing room, sectioning technology room, staining and coverslipping room, immunohistochemistry room, pathology diagnosis room, molecular pathology room, cytopathology room, pathology records room, pathology archives management room, teaching room, meeting room, and others. It is equipped with a professional grossing table, dedicated specimen storage cabinets, photomicrography equipment, imported fully automatic scanners, a cryostat, a fully automatic tissue dehydrator, a fully automatic staining and coverslipping machine, an immunohistochemistry stainer, an in situ hybridization instrument, a fluorescence microscope, a multi-viewing microscope, and other advanced instruments.