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15.11.3 Alternate Backup Media Daily...................................................................... 152
15.11.4 Manual Daily Backup ................................................................................... 152
15.12 Shutting Down the System........................................................................................ 153
15.13 Restarting the System............................................................................................... 155
16. BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler Maintenance....................................................................... 157
16.1 Maintenance Schedule ............................................................................................. 157
16.2 Cleaning the Trays.................................................................................................... 157
16.3 Cleaning the Calibration Plate .................................................................................. 158
16.4 Inspecting the Air Filter ............................................................................................. 159
16.5 Cleaning the Monitor................................................................................................. 160
16.6 Cleaning the Outer Surfaces of the Instrument......................................................... 160
16.7 Printer Maintenance.................................................................................................. 161
16.8 Cleaning the Mouse .................................................................................................. 162
16.9 Changing the Backup Media..................................................................................... 162
17. BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler Troubleshooting.................................................................. 163
17.1 In the United States .................................................................................................. 163
17.2 Outside of the United States..................................................................................... 163
17.3 Troubleshooting Guide.............................................................................................. 164
17.4 System Time............................................................................................................. 164
18. Processing Conventional Slides on the BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler.............................. 165
18.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 165
18.2 Types of Slide Preparations Allowed ........................................................................ 165
18.2.1 Conventionally Prepared Pap Smears......................................................... 165
18.2.2 Slide and Coverslip Standards..................................................................... 165
18.2.3 Adhesive and Mounting Requirements ........................................................ 166
18.2.4 Staining and Fixative Requirements ............................................................ 166
18.3 Operating the BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler ........................................................... 166
18.3.1 Changing Preparation Types with Switch Slides ......................................... 167
18.3.2 Monitoring the Instrument during Processing .............................................. 167
18.3.3 Processed Slides Field in Main Window ...................................................... 168
18.3.4 Printing Reports ........................................................................................... 168
18.3.5 Creating a Print Set (Establishing Rank) ..................................................... 169
18.4 Analyzing Slide Result Reports................................................................................. 170
18.5 Sorting Slides by Action Categories.......................................................................... 171
18.6 When to Manually Screen Slides.............................................................................. 171
18.7 Selecting Slides for QC Rescreening........................................................................ 172
18.8 Monitoring the Slide Rejection Rate.......................................................................... 173
18.8.1 Mean Stain Score ........................................................................................ 173
18.9 Report Options.......................................................................................................... 175
18.9.1 Report Types ............................................................................................... 175
18.9.2 Report Sorting Options ................................................................................ 176
18.9.3 Report Layout Options ................................................................................. 176