at Lincoln County Hospital in Lincolnshire, England, as their first Lean project. The focus of the mapping exercise and Lean project work addressed the basics of Lean: identifying and eliminating waste. As a result of the work, a number of immediate gains were identified, and a model for histology modernization was developed. Initial significant gains identified included: A reduction in the number of processing steps from 15 to 8 (47%) n Labor savings of 1.0 full-time employee (6%) n Productivity gains (40%) n Efficiency gains; reduction in turnaround times (50%)