Cleaning your lab instruments can be a part of your daily routine or validation process. When it comes to laboratory balances, the higher the resolution of the balances, the greater the risk of compromised weighing accuracy because of contamination from… Read More
Archive for the ‘Lab Cleaning’ Category
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Monitoring COVID Virus in Environment Samples, Air, and Water
With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, it is still as important as ever to test for it not only in our personal lives but within our work too. If you work in a laboratory, healthcare facility, or testing facility, you… Read More
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Cleaning Guide for Pipettes
Pipettes are precision instruments whose performance can be seriously impacted if not appropriately maintained. To help keep the level of purity that is crucial in various laboratory applications, proper cleaning and decontamination of pipettes are crucial. Cleaning refers to the… Read More
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Preventing Contamination from Pipettes
Mycoplasma is a very common bacterial contaminator in cell culture labs. Studies have found that mycoplasmas contamination is in many cell lines tested. They’re even shown to contaminate liquid nitrogen storage tanks where cell stocks are stored. They are resistant to… Read More
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How to Take Proper Care of Your Lab’s pH Meters
If you work within a laboratory, no matter which kind, you already know the importance of pH meters. These types of lab meters are essential tools for various tasks, and they make a world of difference when used correctly. However, pH meters are… Read More
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The Ultimate Care and Maintenance Guide for Your Lab Equipment
Lab equipment is pricey and sometimes fragile. For higher education research facilities on a budget, it is key to keep your equipment working optimally as long as possible. Well-cared-for equipment provides much more reliable, and consistent data and positively impacts… Read More
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Helpful Ways to Minimize Contamination within Your Molecular Laboratory
One of the top advantages of PCR is its incredible sensitivity. Starting off with tiny fragments of nucleic acid, more than 10 million copies of DNA or RNA molecules could then be synthesized from a couple of different copies of target… Read More
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Essential Safety Rules that Every Laboratory Should Follow
Laboratory safety is one of the top concerns when you’re working with hazardous chemicals, heavy-duty equipment, or medical supplies. Since accidents can occur easily while working in the lab, it is important to pay attention to the right care and… Read More
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How to Properly Calibrate Your Moisture Balance
Laboratory-scale moisture analyzers use halogen or other infrared heaters as a part of a procedure to determine the moisture content within products to ensure that they’re in compliance with federal and industry regulations. As with all precision analytical scales or… Read More
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Regular Standards for Sterility Testing in Your Laboratory
During the production of any biopharmaceuticals, contaminating microorganisms can enter the process at various stages. Once introduced, fungi or bacteria can replicate fast, severely compromising the final product. The presence of these microorganisms in vaccines or other types of biopharmaceuticals can spoil the product… Read More