Leica Biosystems ST4020 - Manual (Page 31)

31 Leica ST4020
5.5 Processing Slides
5. Operation
The Leica ST4020 Stainer is a relatively simple and trouble-free system. The user must inform
the system via the keypad whenever slides are to be added to or removed from the stainer.
Directions as to how this is done appear in the following sections. Slides must be loaded and
unloaded in the prescribed fashion.
Important!
Failure to follow the directions given here may result in improper or incomplete
processing of slides.
• The slide carrier must be prepared carefully,
because if it is positioned incorrectly, the
slides may not be properly transported by
the lift bar.
There are two occasions that slides may be
loaded onto the start position:
• before the start of processing, and
• after the start of processing.
In both cases, the slides will be immersed in the
start position's reagent.
The user should be prepared to start or resume
the staining run as soon as the slide carrier is in
position, so that extra staining time may be kept
to a minimum.
Fig. 32
correctly
arranged
slide carrier
Reagent
Container