[Histonet] Cleaning molds

[Fred Underwood]

Hi Dorothy,

Depending on the brand,  some processors will heat the preheat the
retort.  Then pump it back into the last paraffin.  The VIP does this,
which is what I have.  I clean my molds this way, once a week maximum,
and have not had problems.  I had an old MVP prior to the VIP and it did
not pump back any molten paraffin.

Fred



>>> "Webb, Dorothy L" <Dorothy.L.Webb <@t> HealthPartners.Com> 11/16/2007
1:34 PM >>>
At the previous facility I worked at, we daily cleaned our mold in the
cleaning cycle until we had a problem with the processor and was told
by
the field service engineer and then the company that doing this was
hard
on the machine with all of the excess paraffin in the tubing.  I do
not
know if that has any merit, but, we quit doing that and never had that
type of problem again.  Just a thought!!

Dorothy Webb, HT (ASCP)
Histology Technical Supervisor 
Regions Hospital, Pathology Department 
640 Jackson Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101-2595 
Phone: 651-254-2962
Fax: 651-254-2741 
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