What are Slide Stainers?

About. Automated Slide stainers are devices that automate the staining of peripheral blood and other hematologic smears to facilitate laboratory microscope differential counts using Wright’s stain, a Romanowsky stain. The operator inserts slides into a carrier and selects a time or programmed procedure.

What are the advantages of slide stainer?

Stainers offer an advantage in consistency of tech- nique by eliminating personal variation; they also maintain a consistent temperature for tempera- ture-sensitive procedures. They can save space and money.

How an automated slide stainer is maintained?

Automated slide stainer maintenance tips: Clean all components daily to prevent dirt from building up. Dirt build up can cause the stainer to jam and slides to break. Make sure to replace the slide stainer’s charcoal filter every three months. When unsure, call a Tech One technician for assistance.

What does an autostainer do?

The proven Leica ST5010 Autostainer XL provides reproducible, consistent high-quality staining, and increased workload throughput compared to manual staining. Combine it with the CV5030 Glass Coverslipper to create a workstation that eliminates the manual handling of slide racks between staining and coverslipping.

What is histology autostainer?

A histology stainer that is standardizing the staining process. The Histo-Tek ® SL Slide Stainer is an automated slide stainer offering a new level of convenience and standardization for your low-volume laboratory needs, all at a low total cost of ownership.

What is automated coverslipper?

Automated coverslippers have been used to mount glass coverslips on specimen-bearing microscope slides. However, such automated coverslippers can pick up more than one coverslip as they frequently stick together due to static forces, van der Waals forces, or moisture between adjacent coverslips.

What are Autostainers?

autostainer (plural autostainers) Any of several laboratory devices intended to automate immunohistochemistry staining.

What is a histology autostainer?

Brief Description. The Leica Autostainer XL ST5010 is a versatile and efficient high throughput automated slide stainer which is an essential component in the histology laboratory. It allows multiple staining protocols to be run simultaneously with up to 11 slide racks at the same time.

Is histology and histopathology the same?

Histology is the study of tissues and their structure. The structure of each tissue is directly related to its function, so histology is related to anatomy and physiology. Similarly, histopathology is the study of tissues affected by disease.

How do you do histopathology?

Overview of the steps in tissue processing for paraffin sections

1. Obtaining a fresh specimen. Fresh tissue specimens will come from various sources.
2. Fixation. The specimen is placed in a liquid fixing agent (fixative) such as formaldehyde solution (formalin).
3. Dehydration.
4. Clearing.
5. Wax infiltration.
6. Embedding or blocking out.