Date: Tue Jan 29 2008 - 16:40:58 EST
Akos: A couple of years ago the folks from Aldagen Inc. had a poster describing the steps necessary to make an Aria consistently "sterilizable" for GMP stem cell sorts. It turns out to be a design problem in that there are many areas in the fluidics that either don't flush completely, retain small quantities of old sheath fluid or vent unfiltered to the atmosphere. Fortunately, they recently published this information complete with photos and descriptions of replacement parts. See Cytotherapy, Vol 9, No 6, pp562-568 (2007). It would be great if the manufacturer incorporated some of these design modifications. Wayne F. Green, Ph.D. Flow Cytometry Core Lab University of Utah HSC Salt Lake City, UT 84132 Phone (801) 585-7382 Fax (801) 581-7183 ________________________________ From: akos.szilvasi@novartis.com [mailto:akos.szilvasi@novartis.com] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:56 PM To: cyto-inbox Subject: How to deal with ARIA contamination? Dear FLOWers, We have a less than two years old (Special Order - UV equipped) ARIA sorter that had an unrelenting sheath fluid contamination problem. The recurring mysterious contamination existed from the arrival of the sorter. We reported it multiple times. BD replaced a few parts of the fluidics system but it kept the bugs out of the sheath only for 4-6 weeks at the time. Filter replacements, bleaching the system works only temporarily. Our other Aria sorter, an older one, never had any such symptoms. We use them in an identical fashion. One lab suggested to follow their solution (this is not an isolated occurrence - not matter what they say) to fill the distilled water tank with 70% ethanol so that the fluidics shut down procedure would fill the lines with alcohol. That sounds good but no one could tell if this trick has some detrimental effect on any parts of the fluidics system. Have you used alcohol over night in the sorter? Did it cause any problem on the long run? Any other solution? BD offers to replace the whole fluidics system for $ 13,000. Best regards, Akos __________________________ Akos Szilvasi NIBRI Core Laboratory Services manager USCA, 601-5301 Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. 100 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Phone: +1 617 8717177 Email : akos.szilvasi@novartis.com<mailto:akos.szilvasi@novartis.com> [cid:image001.gif@01C86284.F6175AF0] _________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the material from any computer. Thank you.
