3 xylene-free infiltration programs, Operation – Leica Biosystems ASP6025 User Manual

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5. Operation

5.6.3 Xylene-free infiltration programs

Reagent positioning/Replacement cycle
for time-optimized xylene-free programs:

System bottle S1 contains 70 % ethanol.
System bottle S2 contains 85 % ethanol.
Each program also requires an additional step with ParaLast to reduce reagent carry-over.
The pressure/vacuum cycle requires a minimum step duration of 6 minutes!

Bottle

Reagent

S1

70 % ethanol

S2

85 % ethanol

S3

-empty-

S4

80/20 ethanol/isopropanol

S5

80/20 ethanol/isopropanol

S6

100 % isopropanol

S7

100 % isopropanol

S8

100 % isopropanol

S9

- empty -

D1

Formalin

D2

-empty-

D3

ParaLast

D4

-empty-

D5

Cleaning xylene

D6

Cleaning alcohol

Xylene-free infiltration programs cannot be renamed, edited or deleted by the user.

To start a xylene-free program, it must have been saved in the list of "FAVORITES". See also

Chapter 5.5.3

.

The specified isopropanol concentrations are the starting concentrations that apply for the installation of the

ASP6025 modular tissue processor.

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