Siemens Hematek 3000 System Instruction Manual page 49

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Hematek 3000 System – Instruction Manual – Version 1.3
1. Prime the pump tubing, see Chapter 5.2.  The pump tubing is free of
air bubbles.
NOTICE
If glass slides are not placed correctly in the grooves of the conveyor
spirals, this can cause them to break
Damage to the system can result.
• Glass slides must be inserted into the grooves of the conveyor spirals
so they are parallel to the slide loading lines inscribed on the platen, see
Slide loading lines on page 4-8.
2. Load four priming slides, see Chapter 5.3, into the grooves of the
conveyor spirals with the marked side facing in the opposite direction of
conveyance.  The system primes the platen and performs the
staining.
3. Check if the capillary gap between the priming slides and the platen is
properly filled with stain, buffer, and rinse during the staining of the
priming slides. Little patches in the corners could remain dry.
• If so: Go to step 4.
• If not: Go to Chapter 8.5.
4. Load the smeared glass slides into the grooves of the conveyor spirals
with the smeared side facing in the direction of conveyance and the
feathered edge of the smear toward the rear of the system.  The
system performs the staining.
5. During staining, check if fluids overflow the glass slides or if fluids do not
moisten the glass slides properly. Little patches in the corners could
remain dry.
• If so: Go to Chapter 8.5.2.
• If not: Proceed as follows.
If no glass slides are to be processed for one hour or more, proceed with
the following steps, otherwise go to step 9.
6. Clean the stain tube and cannula, see Chapter 6.3.
7. Left of the pump assemblies, turn the pump tubing release knob to the
unlock position, see Chapter 4.1.1.
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