under supervision. If it is tissue, a Histoloy Tech then prepares the slide samples that were cut and dictates the 1st examination of said pieces parts."Submitted in formalin is blah, blah, blah.." If no biopsy cutting was needed, the slides are also noted and prepared, labeled, sliced with dermatome, and sit in a slide tray; the pathologist peers at the tissue slides under microscope and dictates a report - transcribed by others and/or voice to text nowdays, I'd imagine. The slides are stored for photos and/or and sent by mail or courier for outside consultation of actual slides.
If what was collected was fluid w/cells, multiple slides may also either be prepared in ground substance or viewed directly wet between slides under a microscope by a trained and licensed Cytologist who may do a diagnosis and report as in PAP smears; if the diagnosis is "indeterminate," these are reviewed by Pathologist who also reviews charted history of illness.
At least that was the processes in the galaxy long long ago and far away; the bar may have slipped since then - so many bars under Joint Commission and CLIA standards have gone this way.
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