[Histonet] Ventana Benchmark Ultra-Red Problems

[Drew Meyer]

Have you tried using a different lot of the Ultra View Red... Ours has been working fine, so maybe you got a bad lot?

Drew

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On Aug 1, 2011, at 12:18 PM, "Susan Foreman" <sforeman <@t> labpath.com> wrote:

> We have been having an issue lately with a precipitate (possibly bacterial
> contaminant) using the Ultra View Red Detection Kit that is not showing up
> on stains using the Ultra View DAB Detection Kit.  The red speckles appear
> on the tissue and also on the glass away from the tissue.  We have alerted
> tech support, done several decontaminations and changed our water from
> "purified" to "distilled".  Has anyone experienced similar problems with the
> new formulation of the Ultra Red Detection kit or any other similar
> situations?   Any thoughts on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
> Benchmark Ultra stainer
> 
> 
> 
> I appreciate your input,
> 
> Susan
> 
> KDL Pathology
> 
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