Patti Nelson HT (ASCP) 909-841-9761 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Patricia Nelson <patricia.nel...@unitedgi.com> > Date: February 7, 2019 at 8:38:23 AM PST > To: "nelsonr...@verizon.net" <nelsonr...@verizon.net> > Subject: FW: VIP 5 > > > From: Patricia Nelson > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 8:37 AM > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: VIP 5 > > Hi Histo World, > > HELP!! Mid December our VIP 5 went down. I work in a GI lab with a > workload of 300 daily. Our lab obtained another refurbished VIP 5. But now we > are starting to see the same symptoms as we seen on our old VIP before it > went down. Some of the symptoms are formalin carry over (formalin level goes > down after each run), our 95 w/eosin is carrying over to all solutions all > the way to the paraffin. Now our small GI bx are starting to feel unfixed and > has patchy staining. Has anyone dealt with any of these issues? > We maintenance our VIP weekly and change all solutions and all paraffins Once > a month we do our warm water flush. Below is our set up > > 1st level: Formalin, Formalin, 70%, 80%, 95% w/eosin, > 2nd level: 100,100, 100, xylene, xylene > 3rd level: cleaning xylene, cleaning alcohol, water, empty, fume con. water > > Patti Nelson (HT ASCP) > United Gastroenterologists > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet