[Histonet] Peloris Users

[Pat Laurie]

The machine will work well only if it is set up well and the staff follows
all of the prompts.  We set up ours with two stations of 80% alcohol in the
beginning to make sure it starts with a good graded series of alcohols.
Another thing to look at is the biopsy pad percentage.  Setting it right
will help the machine more accurately figure out the actual percentage of
the alcohols.  If the staff isn't following the prompts it can really wreck
the processing.  The machine is relying on the calculations to perform a
proper processing schedule.

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Josie Britton <JCBRITTON <@t> cheshire-med.com>wrote:

>
>
> We have helped that problem by being sure there is adequate graded
> alcohols on the Peloris.  There must be between 60-70%, 80-90%, and 95%
> before you have the 100% alcohols.  If the concentration's are too high
> there is inadequate infiltration of the tissue's.  We usually only use
> the 2 hour and the 8 hour processing factory default.  Unless, we have a
> stat.  We have also noticed if you wait until Prompted to change the
> lowest alcohol at 51% we see degradation in our staining as well.  We
> are not letting it get below 58-60% before we change an alcohol out.
>
>
>
> I hope this helps,
>
>
>
> Josie Britton HT
>
> Cheshire Medical Center
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> 580 Court Street
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> Keene, NH 03431
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> 603-354-5454 ext.2454
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
> Sharon.Davis-Devine
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 9:51 AM
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>  Subject: [Histonet] Peloris Users
>
>
>
> To all you Peloris users, here is my delimma.  When we follow the
> machines prompt to change the solutions because of purity and we then
> process small biopsies on the machine, it overprocesses the specimens.
> So the staff have been overrriding the prompt to change the solutions
> causing specimens to be processed in impure solutions causing a host of
> other problems. Have any of you out there with Peloris experience had
> this problem? Is it a machine problem that should be fixed or human
> error due to overriding the prompts?  I am new to this position and have
> very little experience with this issue so any help or suggestions will
> be greatly appreiciated. Thank you.
>
>
>
> Sharon Davis-Devine, CT (ASCP)
>
> Cytology-Histology  Supervisor
>
> Carle Foundation Hospital
>
> Laboratory and Pathology Services
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> 611 West Park Street
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> Urbana, Illinois 61801
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> 217-383-3572
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> sharon.davis-devine <@t> carle.com
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Patrick Laurie HT(ASCP)QIHC
CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories
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