INTRODUCTION
1.2
ThinPrep 2000 Processor Operator’s Manual
Figure 1-1 The ThinPrep 2000 Processor and Waste Bottle
Summary and Explanation of the System
The ThinPrep process begins with the patient’s gynecologic sample being collected by the clinician
using a cervical sampling device which, rather than being smeared on a microscope slide, is
immersed and rinsed in a vial filled with PreservCyt
®
Solution. The ThinPrep sample vial is then
capped, labeled, and sent to a laboratory equipped with a ThinPrep 2000 processor.
At the laboratory, the PreservCyt sample vial is placed into a ThinPrep 2000 processor and a gentle
dispersion step breaks up blood, mucus, non-diagnostic debris, and thoroughly mixes the cell
sample. The cells are then collected on a ThinPrep Pap test filter specifically designed to collect
diagnostic cells. The ThinPrep 2000 processor constantly monitors the rate of flow through the
ThinPrep Pap test filter during the collection process in order to prevent the cellular presentation
from being too scant or too dense. A thin layer of cells is then transferred to a glass slide in a 20-mm-
diameter circle. The slide is then automatically deposited into a fixative solution.
ThinPrep
®
2000
CYTYC
corporation
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