Leica Biosystems presents Creating Digital Ready Slides: A Practical Guide. The adoption of digital pathology is a multifaceted process and its impact on the laboratory is not isolated to simply installing a few instruments. Rather, this changeover affects the whole pathology workflow in the generation of optimized, digital ready slides. This guide focuses on the standardization of histological slide preparation, helping users focus on optimizing individual workflow steps with an overview of the process from sample acquisition through diagnosis. The guide helps to define the critical attributes of digital ready slides, demonstrate the impact of tissue preparation steps on scan quality, clarify practical guidance in creating digital ready slides, as well as provide additional considerations at each step of the process.