We have been using recycled xylene on our VIP5 for the past 5 years and haven't had any problems. We use it for both the cleaning cycles and the xylene stations.
Joanne Clark, HT Histology Supervisor PCNM ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:33:43 -0500 From: "Gaiser, Marcia" <marcia_gai...@ssmhc.com> Subject: [Histonet] re-cycled xylene in tissue processor To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <728f817c02110e498d803a7c3b0c6248068d43b...@s009-apexm06.ds.ad.ssmhc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, Has anyone had experience using re-cycled xylene in the Tissue-Tek VIP5 tissue processor for the clean cycle? Will use of re-cycled xylene, over time, damage the processor? Thank you, Marcia Gaiser Pathology Supervisor Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet