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PERATING
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NSTRUCTIONS
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ThinPrep™ 5000 Processor with AutoLoader Operator’s Manual
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Multiple Slides per Vial
Figure 7-28 Multiple Slides per Vial
Multiple slides per vial allows you to run a non-gynecologic specimen and extract from 1 to
10 samples from the same vial. The system will bypass the fluid level too low check when processing
multiple slides per vial.
To process a sample:
1. Load a non-gynecologic sample vial into position 1 of the carousel. (Must be in position 1.)
2. Load a non-gyn filter into the filter slot and a slide into the slide slot. Load the adjacent filter
and slide slots with the number of desired samples to be made (from 2 to 10).
3. Load a filled fixative bath - with an empty slide rack - into the baths compartment.
4. Close all doors.
5. Press the
Advanced button on the main screen.
6. Press the Multiple slides per vial setting button. (Note that the non-gynecologic sequence is
the only choice.) Press the green OK button.
The display returns to the main screen. Advanced is selected and the selected options are
detailed next to it. Figure 7-29.
7. Press the Start button to process the sample.
Select Multiple
slides per vial
in
order to process
up to 10 slides
out of one vial
Only Non-Gyn
sample type may
be processed with
this feature
OK button to
return to the main
screen
SMALL BATCH MODE SMALL BATCH MODE