1. A method for processing slides, comprising: introducing one or more new slides into one of a plurality of stainers; obtaining slide identification information for at least one of the one or more new slides; obtaining a treatment protocol sequence for the at least one of the one or more new slides from a centralized database associated with the plurality of stainers using the slide identification information; determining if an adequate quantity of reagents to be used in the treatment protocol sequence is available on the one of the plurality of stainers; and processing at the one of the plurality of stainers the at least one of the one or more new slides according to commands in a command list corresponding to the treatment protocol sequence for the at least one of the one or more new slides.