Hologic ThinPrep 5000 - Page 131

NON-GYNECOLOGIC SAMPLE PREPARATION
5.24 ThinPrep™ 5000 Processor with AutoLoader Operator’s Manual
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5. Concentrate by centrifugation.
— 600g for 10 min. (page 5.5) or 1200 g for 5
min.
6. Pour off supernatant and vortex to
resuspend cell pellet (page 5.7).
7. Evaluate cell pellet appearance (page 5.9).
If pellet contains blood or protein, repeat
from step 4.
8. Add specimen to PreservCyt™ Solution
vial (page 5.10).
9. Run on ThinPrep
™
5000 processor with
AutoLoader using Sequence Non-Gyn. Fix,
stain, and evaluate.
10. If the new slide is sparse, call Hologic
Technical Service (page 12.1).
Problem Procedure