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Appendix E | Glossary
Artisan™ Link
Artisan™ Link is a system with the appropriate reagents to automate special stains.
Artisan™ Link Robot
The Artisan™ Link Robot includes a reagent carousel that holds up to 50 Reagent Packs and a
slide carousel that holds up to 48 slides. Each slide position has a heater plate that can be
individually activated per procedure. Six one liter bulk liquid bottles are provided for Wash Buffer,
95% Alcohol and 100% Alcohol.
Artisan™ Link System
Artisan™ Link can be utilized to connect up to three instruments as a stand-alone Artisan™ Link
system, a networking system using a LAN (DakoLink) system, or a Laboratory Information
System (LIS).
Artisan™ Link Workflow
There are four steps ( tabs) that comprise the flow of slides through the Artisan™ Link System:
Add New Slides, Workflow, Instruments, and Completed.
Artisan™ Link Workstation
The Artisan™ Link workstation is a Microsoft Windows  -based PC and slide labeling system that
runs the Artisan™ Link software. Each workstation has full access to a database that contains all
historical slide information for the entire installation.
Balloon Hints
Types of context-sensitive help that you can use in all the tabs. To activate balloon hints, just
hover over any column, button, or other object.
Bulk Liquid
One of four classes of liquids used for slide washing and reagent dilution steps: water soluble,
alcohol, trace metal, and combined dye.
Bulk Liquid Bottle
A refillable plastic bottle housed on the system to dispense bulk liquids.
Patient Case
You can complete case and patient information by filling in text entry boxes in the New Slides Tab
under Patient case.