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Grain Sterilisation for Mushroom Cultivation
Grain sterilisation is vital to mushroom cultivation. Grain isn’t just a good high-nutrient addition to bulk substrates like sawdust or wood pellets. It’s also an ideal base for producing mushroom […]
The Right Autoclave for Streamlining Your Lab’s Growth Media Prep
Growth media preparation is the cornerstone of any microbiology lab. Not having the media you need when you need it—because someone forgot to start a batch or one failed—creates a […]
Steam Autoclaves for Innovative Life Science Research: Helping Verily “Debug” Singapore’s Metropolises
Snakes, spiders, and sharks consistently top the list of most feared animals on earth, but the deadliest, by a wide margin, is the mosquito. Mosquitos are responsible for at least […]
Steam Autoclave Maintenance Best Practices with Instructional Support Technician Kelly McVey
Constant low-level neglect puts a lot of unnecessary strain on your autoclave over time. Meanwhile, even a very low level of maintenance, when consistent, can increase up-times and massively reduce […]
Steam Autoclave Testing Methods and Maintenance: Leak Testing and the Bowie-Dick Test
In most cases, autoclave installation includes both vacuum leakage testing and a Bowie-Dick test (also known as a “dynamic air removal test”). These confirm that your steriliser can create a […]
Lab Tip: Choosing Plastic vs Metal Autoclave Trays
Everyone knows they should always use autoclave trays. It’s something we at Priorclave talk about a lot. But what you might not know is that we also recommend you always […]
Designing and Packaging for Sterile Medical Products: Contact Lenses
Globally, contact lenses are a $9.6 billion (USD) industry that’s expected to grow to $15.2 billion over the next decade. Much of that has been made possible by silicone hydrogel […]
Autoclave Training Tips with Instructional Support Technician Kelly McVey
Kelly McVey is an Instructional Support Technician for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at California State University, Fullerton. There, she’s trained hundreds of people in safe autoclave use, with […]
Do You Really Need “Clean Steam”?
Autoclave buyers are again wondering if their water and steam is “clean” enough. This is likely due to the publication of ISO/TS 5111:2022, or “Guidance on quality of water for […]
New Autoclaves at Medlab 2023
On stand Z3 A18 at Medlab* 2023, Priorclave, a British autoclave design and manufacturing company has the opportunity to highlight the extent of recent changes. Priorclave autoclaves are now inclusive […]
Priorclaves are Ideal Education Autoclaves Because We Put Safety First
Many students are terrified of their lab’s autoclaves—and not without cause: autoclave accidents are much more commonplace in North America than elsewhere. Sadly, there’s an argument to be made that […]