Melissa,

How many blocks do you process in a week? (average).  I change my
solutions at the first of each month, with the formalin and 70% changed
2x in a month.  I change Paraffin every 2 months and they get a paraffin
clean once a week.  BUT, if I do 40 blocks in one day, I feel over
worked *g*.  Usually I get between 5 and 20 blocks/day and occassionally
there are no blocks.  Just curious.

Connie McManus

MELISSA JANS wrote:
> 
> Hi Jennifer,
> We have two TP1050 Leica processors. One is ~5 years old, the other is 2
> years old.  We change the first 3 stations after every 350 blocks (2
> formalins and a 70%) and we change all the solutions after every 700 blocks
> (including the purges).  It takes 4-5 days to accumulate a block count of
> 700.  One of the three paraffins will get a "wax clean cycle" every day=2E  We
> change a paraffin station after 15 cycles have been runwith it.  Each
> paraffin is on a different schedule so we don't have to change all three on
> any given day (Usually 1 a week).
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Melissa Jans BS, HT(ASCP)
> University of Iowa
> Lead Scientist
> Histology Lab
> 
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