A clean machine -Reply

Antony Bakke (bakkea@ohsu.edu)
Fri, 07 Feb 1997 14:44:41 -0800

Nona Sheila R. Agawin asked:
" is it always very hard to clean the flow cytometer after passing samples with
fluorescent beads ?"

I have found that small beads (< 4 micron) can stay in the instrument for a long
time appearing in multiple samples after the beads were run. Running ethanol
after the beads seems to help push them through more quickly.

Tony Bakke


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