Dako North America, Inc-Dako Slide Racks

Agilent has identified an additional correction to the risk of slide rack leveling failures as described in the current Autostainer User Guides. Such failures have the potential to impact staining quality with weak/uneven staining, which may lead to false negative test results.  We are updating the Autostainer Link Basic User Guide to include an additional mitigation to the slide rack leveling risk. Although the current User Guides already addresses the importance of regular slide levelness checks and the use of on-slide controls, we have identified an additional action to mitigate the potential for out-of-level slide racks.  Slide racks may be affected by repeated exposure to the heat of the hot water bath of the PT Link leading to the risk of level failures.  We have determined that a limit of 175 uses of each slide rack will further reduce the risk of out-of-level slides.  Following this update to the guide will ensure your slide racks are not used beyond their ability to withstand the hot water bath and are replaced at a frequency appropriate for your workflow.