Refilling Consumables - Leica HistoCore SPECTRA CV Instructions For Use Manual

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Installation and Instrument Setup
Shutting down the instrument
1. To switch the instrument into standby mode (e.g. overnight), remove all racks from the
instrument and then press the
Note
If there is a rack in the instrument while the
information message indicating that the instrument cannot be shut down until the rack is no longer in
the process or no longer present in the instrument. Any processing in progress is continued.
2. For cleaning and maintenance, switch off the instrument at the
the instructions in
4.6 Refilling consumables
Warning
• Only original consumables that have been verified by Leica may be used
(→ P. 158 – Consumables)
• Caution when handling solvents!
• Always wear protective clothing suitable for laboratory use, as well as rubber gloves and safety
goggles when handling the chemicals used in this instrument.
• Only clean reagent vessels should be used
load drawer).
• Always fill or drain reagent vessels and the needle cleaning container outside of the instrument
in compliance with safety information to avoid or reduce the risk of spilling reagents into other
reagent vessels and onto interior instrument components.
• Proceed carefully and thoroughly when filling or draining and follow the respective applicable
laboratory specifications. Remove spilled reagents immediately. If a reagent vessel in the load
drawer has been contaminated, cleaning and refilling it is mandatory.
Note
• Validated coverglass
mounting medium
HistoCore SPECTRA
• A check and a scan of the consumables is always performed after the hood has been closed.
Note
• If fewer than 300 slides are coverslipped per day on an ongoing basis, the HistoCore SPECTRA CV
can also be operated with just a single coverslip line. In this configuration, do not fill any
consumables (mounting medium, coverglass) in the unused coverslip line.
• Please note: Each time a rack is inserted into the load drawer, the software indicates to the user
that there are missing consumables in the unused line. Confirm each of the respective information
messages with OK.
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Operating switch
Operating switch
(→ P. 105 – 7.1 Important notes about cleaning this
in order to avoid instrument faults.
(→ P. 70 – 5.9.4 Properties of the coverglass)
(→ P. 70 – 5.9.3 Properties of the mounting medium)
CV. Ordering information: (→ P. 158 –
(→ Fig. 11-1) twice. It then illuminates in red.
is pressed, the user receives an
Main switch
(→ P. 118 – 7.2.16 Cleaning reagent vessels in the
Consumables).
and also observe
instrument).
and a validated
are available for the
Version 2.1, Revision K