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Shandon
Varistain 24-4
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The Shandon Varistain® 24-4 is a
carousel-typed automatic slide stainer designed to offer simplicity and
versatility in histology and cytology staining applications. It is designed
for single load, double load and continuous throughput. The unit uses your
laboratory's reagents and routines to perform with exceptional reliability.
Varistain 24-4,
has three memory banks. You can program-using minutes and seconds-three 24
step routines, or up to six 12-step procedures..
each locked into the instrument’s non-volatile program memory.
Varistain 24-4, lets you match your procedures with your stains. varistain
also gives you control over your staining
results.. it responds instantly to changing conditions when you simply touch
selected buttons.
You are freed from both the laboratory clock as well as the potential
harmful proximity to stains and reagents you have
uninterrupted time for other important
tasks. And, more importantly, you can depend upon your slide-mounted
specimens to be stained consistently run after run. |
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Shandon
Varistain 24-4
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One-piece, benchtop unit features
user-specified water stations to match your routines.
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Stations hold 750 ml troughs which may be
filled to 350 ml for 10-slide carriers.
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Precisely program your station times into the
Varistain in minutes and seconds.
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Turntable rotates for convenient access to
stations at the rear of the unit. |
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Designed for single load, double load and
continuous throughput |
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Stains 64 slides per basket, potentially (64
x 24) slides/run |
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Pass feature allows you to run two programs
while utilizing the same reagents |
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Turntable rotates for convenient access to
stations at the rear of the unit |
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Compatible with most automatic coverslippers |
Agency Approvals:
IVDD Compliant, CE
Mark on 220/240V Unit
Weight: 133 lbs. (60kg)
Power Requirements: 500VA
You can reserve/order this
instrument by calling
763-712-8717 or by
completing the form
on the Ordering Page
or by contacting:
richard@gmi-inc.com
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A Review of Common Stains..... |
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What are you looking for/at? |
Commonly used stain |
Examples of what you see: |
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Bacteria |
Gram's |
Violet - positive
Red - negative |
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General plant tissue |
Quadruple stain
Safranin O
Fast Green
Crystal Violet
Orange G |
Red nuclei, chromosomes, lignified cell walls
Green cellulose cell walls
Purple starch grains
Yellow acidophillic cytoplasm |
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General animal tissue |
H&E
(Hematoxylin & Eosin) |
Blue nuclei (H)
Pink cytoplasm and connective tissue (E) |
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Dramatic cell and tissue features |
Mallory triple |
Blue cartilage and collagen
Red nucleus
Orange cytoplasmic elements |
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Dramatic cell and tissue features |
Masson |
Green collagen and mucus
Red nucleus
Brown-Black chromatin |
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Standard Blood smears |
Giemsa or Wright's |
Orange/Red erythrocytes
Blue/Purple lymphocytes
Multi-color granulocytes |
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Mitotic figures |
Iron Hematoxylin |
Blue/Black chromosomes, cytoskeleton (tubulin), and
mitochondria |
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Fats and lipids |
Osmium tetroxide or Sudan Black |
Black lipid droplets, cell membranes, myelin
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Mucus/complex polysaccharides |
PAS
(Periodic Acid/Schiff) |
Fuschia/Red secretory granules in goblet cells
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Neurofibrils |
Silver (multiple methods) |
Black neuronal cytoskeleton |
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Elastic connective tissue |
Orcein or Verhoeff |
Brown/Black elastin containing fibers
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