Research Lab Autoclave Safety: Sealed Bottles are Bombs
In August of 2001 a research lab autoclave was processing tightly capped 178 bottles using a 30-minute liquid load. The autoclave began making unusual sounds, so a trio of lab […]
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Top Tips for Autoclaving Pipette Tips
You don’t have to spend much time in a research lab to learn that pipette tips have a nasty habit of stubbornly clinging to a little bead of water. Some […]
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Research Lab Autoclave Safety: Bad Doors and Autoclave Explosions
WARNING: These are disturbing pictures of research lab autoclave accidents. There is blood. What happened? A lab tech loaded an older-style autoclave, began the cycle, and walked away to […]
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Reducing Lab Autoclave Cycle Times for Liquids
Power users are resigned to the fact that there are no “standard” lab autoclave cycle times (especially for liquids!) They know that a little planning and programming can generally prevent autoclave […]
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