User Manuals: BioCare Medical VALENT Staining Platform

User Manuals: BioCare Medical VALENT Staining Platform

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BioCare Medical VALENT Manual

BioCare Medical VALENT Manual (116 pages)

Automated Slide Staining Platform

Brand: BioCare Medical | Category: Medical Equipment | Size: 11 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
4
Chapter 1: Introduction

9
- Intended Use
  9
- About the VALENT Automated Staining Platform
  9
- Limitation of Use
  9
- VALENT Specifications
  9
  - VALENT Cart Specifications
    10
  - Reagent Vial Label and Slide Label Printers
    10
  - Report Printer
    10
  - USB Flash Drive
    10
  - Warranty
    10
- VALENT Components
  11
  - Z-Head Schematic
    12
  - VALENT Cart Components
    12
  - Carboy Connections
    12
- VALENT Description of Parts
  14
- Storage and Handling
  16
  - Reagents
    16
  - Humidity
    17
  - Waste Disposal
    17
  - Instrument Disposal
    17
  - Site Installation Requirements
    17
  - Support
    17
Chapter 2: Safety Precautions

18
- Recommended Use
  18
- Reagents and Chemicals
  18
- Reagent Rack
  18
- Instrument Safety Guidelines
  18
- Programming Cautions
  18
- Lithium Battery
  19
- Safely Turning on the Cart
  19
- Turn on the Cart
  19
- Turn off the Instrument
  20
- Symbols Glossary
  21
Chapter 3: VALENT Software Features & Functions

22
- User Access
  22
- Login
  22
- Home Screen
  22
- Home Screen Features
  23
- Run Designation Buttons
  24
- Menu Bar
  24
- Staining Run
  24
- Data Manager
  25
- Tools
  26
- Print Reports
  27
- Configure Reagent Wash Lists
  28
- Contamination List
  28
- Prepwash List
  28
- Aqua Rinse Wash List
  28
- View Menu
  29
- Notifications
  29
- Run Time Estimates
  29
- Cleaning Log
  30
- Run Log
  30
- Help
  30
Chapter 4: Program Preparation & Setup

31
- Administrator Program Preparation & Setup
  31
- Summary of Administrator Vs. Regular User Profile
  31
- Assign or Modify Users
  31
- User Information Guideline
  32
- Modify a User Account
  32
- Software Settings
  33
- System Parameters
  34
- Instrument Parameters
  34
- Reagent Manager
  35
  - Reagent Groups
    35
  - Depar
    35
  - Antigen Retreval
    35
  - Enzyme
    35
  - Block
    35
  - Antibody
    35
  - At the Bottom of the Reagent Details Box
    36
  - Negative Serum Group
    36
  - Secondary Group
    36
  - Tertiary Group
    36
  - Chromogen Group
    36
  - Counter Stain Group
    36
  - Ancillary Group
    36
  - MIX Group
    36
  - Display Reagent Information
    36
- Template Manager
  38
- Additional Program Preparation & Setup
  41
  - Custom Groups
    41
  - How to Create a Custom Group
    41
  - Delete a Custom Group
    42
  - Edit a Custom Group
    42
  - Slide Fields
    43
  - Slide Map Fields
    44
  - Slide Label Designer
    45
  - Reagent Label Designer
    46
  - Report Field
    47
Chapter 5: Before Starting a Run

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- Tissue Preparation
  48
- Positive and Negative Controls
  48
- Bulk Reagent Preparation
  48
- Slide Preparation
  49
  - Slide Specifications
    49
  - Slide Labels
    49
  - Tissue Placement on Slide
    49
  - Slide Trays
    50
  - Inserting Slides into the Slide Tray
    50
  - Removing Slides from the Slide Tray
    50
- Instrument Preparation
  51
- Drain Waste & Prime Buffers
  52
  - Prime Probe
    52
  - Prime Buffers
    52
  - Prime Depar
    53
  - Prime Troughs and Manifold
    53
  - Drain Waste
    54
- Reagent Manager
  55
  - Add, Delete, and Modify Reagents
    55
  - Add a New Reagent
    55
  - Delete a Reagent
    56
  - Modify a Reagent
    56
  - Import a Reagent from Reagent Manager
    57
  - Add a Reagent in MIX Group
    59
  - Specify Mixing Properties
    60
  - Volume Calculation for Mixing Reagents
    61
- Inventory Manager
  63
  - View Reagents
    63
  - Add Reagents
    64
  - Delete Reagents and Clean Inventory
    65
  - Print Labels in Inventory Manager
    65
  - Register Reagents in Inventory Manager
    66
  - Protocol Manager
    67
  - Protocol Manager Features
    68
  - Create a Protocol
    69
  - Create a New Protocol
    69
  - Create a Protocol from a Template
    70
  - Create a Protocol from a Selected Protocol
    71
Chapter 6: Prepare and Start a Run

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- Process Overview 1
  72
- Process Overview 2
  72
- Login
  73
  - Home Screen
    73
- Prepare Slides
  74
- Print Labels
  79
  - View and Print Reagent Worksheet
    80
- Scan Slides
  81
- Prepare and Load Reagents
  83
- Scan or Map Reagents
  84
- Pre-Start Checklist
  85
- Start Staining
  87
  - Slide and Reagent Information
    87
  - Reagent Information
    88
  - Run Complete
    88
  - Clear the Completed Trays
    89
- Map Slides
  90
  - Login
    90
  - Map Slides
    91
  - Manually Assign Slides
    92
  - Load Labeled Slides
    93
  - Prepare and Load Reagents
    93
  - Scan or Map Reagents
    94
  - Pre-Start Checklist
    96
  - Start Staining
    97
Chapter 7: System Cleaning

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- Daily
  98
- Weekly
  98
- Program Cleaning
  99
- Monthly
  101
- Clean AR Carboys
  103
- Drain the Secondary Containment Sump
  103
- Additional Cleaning of the Instrument
  103
Chapter 8: Troubleshooting

104
- Printer Port Connections
  104
- Changing Printer Labels and Ribbons
  104
- Staining Performance
  105
- Mechanical
  106
- Electrical
  107
- Operating Errors
  107
- Appendix- Quick Start Guides
  
  110
  - Quick Start Guide 1-Instrument Preparation
    110
  - Instrument Preparation
    110
  - Quick Start Guide 2-Creating a Protocol
    111
  - Quick Start Guide 3-Preparing Slides
    112
  - Quick Start Guide 4-Process Overview
    113
  - Process Overview 1
    113
  - Process Overview 2
    113
Appendix- Electrical Labels

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