DAILY TIME SCHEDULE FOR
TISSUE-TEK VIP®5
VACUUM INFILTRATION PROCESSOR.
DRAFT COPY ONLY.
(Procedure 13).
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See also: Tissue-Tek® Processor: 11, 12, 14.



PRINCIPLE OF THE TEST.

      Schedule of operation for the tissue processor.



SPECIMEN REQUIRED.


All human tissue excised at surgery, outpatient clinics, and postmortems, fresh or in fixative, along with a filled-out Tissue Examination Form (U. S. Standard Form 515, USSF515).



REAGENTS, INSTRUMENTATION.


10% Neutral Buffered Formalin. 70% Flex solution. 80% Flex solution. 95% Flex solution. 100% Flex solution. Clearing solution. Paraffin.



STEP-BY-STEP DESCRIPTION.

      Tissue stays in first station until 7 o'clock.
STATIONS       SOLUTIONS    CONC         TIMES      TEMP     P/V     MIX
  1            Formalin     10%          55min       off     off     off
  2            Formalin     10%          55min        -                 
  3            Alcohol      70%          55min                          
  4            Alcohol      80%          55min        -                 
  5            Alcohol      95%          55min         
  6            Alcohol      95%          55min         
  7            Alcohol     100%          55min          
  8            Alcohol     100%          55min          
  9            Clearant                  50min          
 10            Clearant                  40min          
 11            Paraffin                  25min        60
 12            Paraffin                  25min        60
 13            Paraffin                  55min        60
 14            Paraffin                  00min        60




REFERENCE.


1. Sakura Tissue-Tek® VIP® 5 Vacuum Infiltration Processor. Operating Manual.
© 2001. Sakura Finitek, U.S.A., Inc.
Technical Support: 1-800-543-8496.
Sakura Finitek, U.S.A., Inc. © 2001.
1750 W. 214th Street
Torrance, CA 90501