DxH SlideMaker Stainer II

Ensure reliability

• Benefit from easy system maintenance with no pinch valves, 80% less tubing than legacy systems require and minimal operator intervention
• Experience the same reliable specimen transport and sample aspiration technologies as is designed into the DxH 900
• Obtain a quick overview of operating status, and stain, supply, sample or consumable information at a glance with the Snapshot Screen

Increase workflow efficiency

• Slides can be created based on rules from the DxH, middleware or LIS
• Make stain smears easily from:
• Capped whole blood sample tubes (via automatic cassette or single-tube mode)
• Open-top tubes (single-tube mode)
• Pediatric whole blood sample tubes (via automatic cassette or single-tube mode)
• Select from options, including: smear only, or smear and stain, or stain manually made slides
• Make up to four slides with a small sample volume of 90 μL and up to 12 slides from a single presentation
• Conveniently load up to 144 slides

Apply intuitive software for efficient results

• Track workload and identify slide locations in real time with intelligent basket management software that allows planning for urgent slide reviews
• Eliminate almost any type of sample barcode label misreads with 2D barcode-scanning technology
• Customizable print barcodes and other information directly onto slides, allowing easy sample tracking and reducing misidentification through thermal printing technology

Achieve excellent smear quality every time

• Use proprietary Hemasphere technology to capture the relevant measure of blood adherence to aspiration tubing, with a more reliable and consistent smear, regardless of the blood consistency
• Customized motion profile accommodates your laboratory’s preferences in smear length or shape
• Edge of a new slide is used to make the smear, based on user-selectable criteria
• The Sample Aspiration Module and sample delivery system virtually eliminate any type of slide-to-slide or sample-to-sample carryover

Slidemaking and Staining Options

• Smear only, smear and stain, stain only

Throughput

• Prepares up to 140 slides per hour

Aspiration Volumes

• Open/Closed/Pediatric Vial: 90 μL (up to 4 slides)

Sample-loading Capacity

• Continuous loading of up to 100 tubes in 20×5 tube cassettes

Stains and Buffers

• TruColor Wright Stain and TruColor Wright Buffer
• TruColor Wright-Giemsa Stain and TruColor Wright-Giemsa Buffer
• Open system—Software enables user to validate other stains

Technology

• Proprietary Hemasphere technology characterises blood for optimal slide quality (no reliance on CBC parameters to make smears)

Sample Identification

• Applied directly to the slide using thermal transfer technology

Power Requirements

• Standalone system (with SFF computer): 576 W
• Input: 100–240 VAC and 48–62 Hz