{"id":3230,"date":"2022-05-30T22:45:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T22:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2022-10-26T04:26:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T04:26:41","slug":"making-culture-media-sterilization-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2022\/05\/30\/making-culture-media-sterilization-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Culture Media Sterilization Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A frequent, high-volume, essential task like culture media sterilization<\/a> should be simple, automated, and efficient. It happens so often, and so many other systems and processes rely on it. If it’s a chore or creates log jams, that’s going to have a wide ranging impact on your lab.<\/p>\n

Tabletop Sterilizers Ask Too Much, for Too Little<\/span><\/h2>\n

We often see research labs outfitted with small, tabletop sterilizers originally designed for medical applications. They\u2019ve usually called us in after problems with their \u201clow cost\u201d tabletop sterilizers. As is so often the case, the low cost has a price.<\/span><\/p>\n

If autoclaves can\u2019t reliably keep up with this kind of housekeeping, if their run settings require constant babysitting, or if you have to spend too much time DIYing basic autoclave maintenance, you\u2019re wasting not just your own time, but sometimes the entire lab\u2019s. If there\u2019s a holdup in culture media sterilization, then there\u2019s a good chance there\u2019s also backlogged instruments<\/a>, liquids<\/a>, and other loads waiting to be sterilized.<\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, manufacturers of these medical-grade sterilizers design them to be maintained in-house. But their expectations for DIY standard user maintenance procedures are ambitious. You’re expected to replace and rebuild multiple components several times a year. And that’s on top of scheduled preventative maintenance service calls. It\u2019s just too much.<\/span><\/p>\n

And when it\u2019s too much, systems get overwhelmed. With overwhelm, downtime. Downtime like that is a major impediment to taking care of business. And it happens in labs around the world\u2014labs often poorly served by the wrong equipment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Priorclave autoclaves are designed for research. Every unit ships with a research-ready programmable control system that provides precise control of temperature, timing, and pressure (for those who want it) while simplifying media preparation (for those who need to push a button and get back to other tasks). Priorclaves are built with a special attention to liquid loads, nutrient broth, and media preparation. Our chamber and valve design discourage evaporation, bottle ruptures, and excessive boiling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Priorclave\u2019s Features for Ease-of-Use, Convenience, and Precision<\/span><\/h2>\n

Because culture media sterilization is a primary task in so many labs, all Priorclave systems come with Timed Freesteaming, Media Warming, and Delayed Start features, as well as One Button Start programming.<\/span><\/p>\n