Benchmark Technologies | Blockfast | Traditional | Agar – gel | |
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Equipment needed | None | None | Required to dissolve the matrix | |
Processing time (excluding paraffin inclusion) | 5-10’ | Overnight | 20′ | |
Time constraints to be respected during processing | 5′ | Overnight | Set up before the matrix solidifies – Wait for the matrix to solidify after setting up | |
Preparation of multiple samples in the same cycle | Yes, with any number of samples | Yes, with any number of samples | Limited to the matrix solidification time | |
Possibility of analysis of the cell block on the same day of the sample collection | Yes | No | Yes |