[Histonet] Labvision Autostainer

[Jones, Laura]

Good afternoon fellow Histotechs!  We have been using our Labvision Autostainer for 5 or so years now, and love the open system.  Recently, we had a rep from Fisher come and do a PM on it, because we noticed the amount of reagent in some bottles was not changing at all, while others were running out very quickly.  Today I took off a run of slides, and not one drop of DAB had been used.  The stainer does not alarm, but its obviously not drawing up solution in some cases.  Mr. Fisher rep said it tested fine.  Has anyone else experienced this?  We would greatly appreciate any insight or advice.  Thanks so much!

Laura Jones & The Histochicks @ Sharon Regional Health System

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