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Between one group and another there could be bottles of undefined content
that therefore are not managed by the automation of the
RMS
. This, however,
is unadvisable because it is inconsistent with the goals of the Histology
process.
•
A group could consist of just one bottle (a typical example is the group of
fixatives).
•
For the dehydrants there are two separate groups: low and high grade (low
grade being alcohols with concentrations less than 70%). If the user desires
though, it is possible to have only one group, choosing either low or high
grade to represent it, and having the
RMS
manage your alcohols as one large
group.
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Bottle positions 11-14 are fixed as the “paraffin” group. If you wish to use the
RMS
to manage your reagents but do not wish to have the
RMS
manage the
paraffin waxes for you, it is necessary to set the paraffin process
number/cassette number limits to zero.
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R M S
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D
E F I N I T I O N
The definition of the limits determines the frequency of reagent substitution. It is
possible to assign each bottle a limit based on the number of processes performed
and/or a limit based on the number of cassettes processed.
When one of the two limits is reached or exceeded, the
RMS
will require the
substitution of the reagent for that specific bottle. Again, it is sufficient that
only one
of the two limits is reached. It is possible, however, to use just one of the two limits
by setting the other to zero. If both limits are set to zero, the
RMS
will not prompt the
user to replace the reagent in that bottle.
S i n g l e M o d e
The limits of each bottle need to be defined by highlighting the bottle position and
using the
+
and
–
keys to scroll to the correct limit for both
CASSETTE
number and
PROCESS
number. Once the correct limit is shown, use the
↓
arrow key to proceed
to the definition of the next reagent bottle.
G r o u p M o d e
The limits for each reagent type needs to be defined by highlighting the bottle
position and using the
+
and
–
keys to scroll to the correct limit for both
CASSETTE
number and
PROCESS
number. Once the correct limit is shown, use the
↓
arrow key
to proceed to the definition of the next reagent type.
