Slide box and Autoclave

Slide box and Autoclave


Slide box:

Plastic or wooden box with lid and slots to take up to 50 or more slides. Needed for storing control and teaching slide preparation.
Ph  meter : Hanna ph 3 meter /Hanna batteries ph meter.

Criteria:

  1.Low cost , electronic ,hand held waterproof meter .
  2.Can calculate a range of ph 0.1 -14 and resolution of Ph 0.1 with automatic calibration and temperature compensation. 

   Care of Ph meter:

  1.Do not keep it in high temperature.
  2.Do not keep it in the moisture.
  3.Handle carefully .Do not fall it any place.

pH paper:

  1.These are suitable in the small district laboratories.
  2.They can not measure accurate Ph
  3.They check the pH by staining techniques,
  4.There neutral litmus papers that turns red when a reaction is acid and blue when alkaline.


Autoclave:


Principle: In autoclave pressure is used to produce high temperature steam to achieve sterilization , Temperature increases with pressure, At a pressure of 15 Ibo/2 inch.
The temperature of the saturated steam rises to 121°C and 15 -20 minutes time is required.
Precautions: Both the temperature and holding time must be correct.
For temperature: Obtain the correct temperature for sterilization. All the air must be removed form the autoclave.

For autoclave is used for:

1.To sterilize reusable needles . syringes, lancet, specimen containers, tubes ,pipettes, petridishes and other articles that need to sterile before use. Items made from glass, metal and plastic such as nylon, co-polymer can be autoclaves.
2.Decontaminating specimens and other infectious waster prior to disposal.

Sterilizing culture media and swab for use in microbiology work most ager and liquid culture media can be autoclaves.