Instrumentation (AUTOMATIC TISSUE PROCESSORS) Flashcards
what steps included in automatic tissue processers
- Fixation
- Dehydration
- Clearing
- Infiltration
The entire process in automated tissue processors would
take about ___
16 hours
Characterized by the transfer of tissues, contained within a basket, through a series of stationary reagents arranged inline or in a circular carousel plan.
TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type)
how many reagent position and wax position in TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type)
9-10 reagent positions and 2-3 wax positions
capacity of each glass beaker in TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type)
1 liter
TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type) has a capacity of how many cassettes?
30-110 cassettes
TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type)
Stations 1-2:
Fixation using 10% formalin
TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type)
Stations 3-6:
Dehydration using 70-95% ethanol
TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type)
Stations 7-8:
Acetone
TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type)
Stations 9-10:
Chloroform or Xylol (Clearing)
TISSUE-TRANSFER PROCESSORS (Carousel-type)
Stations 11-12:
Liquid Paraffin
Characterized by processing fluids pumped to and from a
retort in which the tissues remain stationary
FLUID-TRANSFER PROCESSOR
the tissue baskets containing
the 100 tissue cassettes go from one station to another.
carousel type
the fluid-transfer processor have ______ reagent stations with temperatures adjustable
between ________
10-12
30-45 c
FLUID-TRANSFER PROCESSOR have a capacity of how many cassettes
100-300 cassettes