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SECTION 3
CONTROLLING AND CUSTOMIZING STAINER FUNCTIONS
3.1 System Setup Menu
QC/Maintenance Tracking
Under system default settings, the following QC/Maintenance Tracking options are disabled:
•
Stain Slide Tracking
•
Cyto Slide Tracking
•
Manual Entry
•
Preventive Maintenance Tracking
•
Reagent Tracking
Enable Stain Slide Tracking
To activate Stain Slide Tracking:
1 From System Setup, Press
QC/Maintenance Tracking
.
2 Press
Enable Stain Slide Tracking
.
3 Press
Back
twice to return to the main screen. Verify that the Start Button
on the main screen reads “Load Slides.”
NOTE:
Selecting Enable Stain Slide Tracking changes the Start button on the
Main menu to “Load Slides.”
4 Press
Load Slides
. The Scan and Load Slides menu appears.
5 Enter slide information.
a. If using the barcode reader, scan the specimen slides that contain
barcodes. See Scanning Slides with the Barcode Reader (Section 3.2).
b. If entering specimen information manually, see Manually Entering
Specimen Information (Section 3.2).
6 See Section 4 for remaining steps for running a stain cycle.