Fw: Dako Autostainer

From:Jan Shivers <shive003@maroon.tc.umn.edu>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Shivers" <shive003@tc.umn.edu>
To: <Charnell.E.Jones@questdiagnostics.com>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: Dako Autostainer


> Check for air bubbles in the tubing on the robotic arm.  There is a
bleeder
> valve you can open there, if you see bubbles.
>
> Jan Shivers
> Univ. of Minn. Vet Diag Lab
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Charnell.E.Jones@questdiagnostics.com>
> To: <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 1:37 PM
> Subject: Dako Autostainer
>
>
> >
> >
> > The IHC department at our laboratory has been experiencing several
> difficulties
> > with their DAKO autostainer, and wanted me to see if anyone else in
> histoland
> > has had these problems and what they did to correct them besides the
> obvious of
> > contacting Technical support. The autostainer is not applying reagents
> within
> > the racks. For example 3 of the 12 slides may not be stained with the
> > hematoxylin.  Also, there is carry-over. These problems have been
occuring
> with
> > no error messages on the run log. Any feedback would be greatly
> appreciated.
> >
> > Charnell E. Jones, B.S., HTL(ASCP)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>




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