Good morning. I work part-time at a small lab and they have a Sakura Feintek Tissue-Tek SCA tape coverslipper, model 4764. I have not worked with any tape coverslippers before and am having problems with areas of the tissue drying out. The solvent bottle is full of Xylene. However, there is a crack in the lid of the bottle. After removing the stained slides from the autostainer and loading the basket(s) to place on the cover slipper, I re-dip the slides in Xylene. The room where this equipment is housed, does get warm. I was wondering if the tape can become old & brittle, leading to it not sealing well, or if not enough Xylene is being deposited on each slide or a combination of both? I could not find the manual on the unit for trouble shooting ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you Candy Candy Bales, HT Chief Histologist The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston Diagnostic Sciences-Oral Pathology 6516 M.D. Anderson Blvd. # 3.093 Houston, TX 77030 713.500.4411 office 713.500.4416 fax _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet