Section E: Loading Slide Cassettes - Hologic ThinPrep Imager Duo Operator's Manual

SECTION
WARNING
Only stained, coverslipped ThinPrep
Glass the Imaging System may be used. Refer to the ThinPrep Stain User's Guide for
Sharp Edges
recommendations for coverslipping media.
CAUTION
Refer to Figure 3-9. The fiducial marks are permanently printed features on the
slide used to register the slide position on the imaging stage and to provide a
The slides must
have been
coordinate system for location of fields of view. The same marks are used to ref-
processed on a
erence the same slide data at a Review Scope.
ThinPrep Processor.
CAUTION
Carefully load the microscope slides into the slide cassette(s), one slide per slot.
Orient the slide so that the label side is up and facing out. Refer to Figure 3-10
To prevent
unnecessary slide
for correct and incorrect slide loading.
events during batch
processing, slides
must be placed
properly into the
cassette.
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LOADING SLIDE CASSETTES
E
'Frosted' Region of the
Slide
Cell Spot - Contains
Patient Cells
Fiducial Mark
Figure 3-9 ThinPrep Microscope Slide for Use With the Imager
I
PERATION OF THE MAGER
®
Pap Test microscope slides for use with
OCR accession ID shown in
7706024
this example
8000253
®
ThinPrep
Fiducial Mark
Slide
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Fiducial Mark
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