Cleaning for Tissue Culture Work
Q. I am doing tissue culture and having problems reliably growing cultures. I was told it may be my cleaning procedure. Can you help?
A. Clean interference-free glassware is necessary for successful tissue culture work. Upon consulting “Essential Procedures for Clinical Microbiology,” (Isenberg, H;: U of Michigan, ASM Press, 1998, 532) it was found…
Millar Instruments Micro-tip
Q. Millar Instruments observed customers having field performance problems that were traced to inadequate cleaning.
A. Millar Instruments now recommends the use of a 1% Alconox solution for manual cleaning with a swab in their maintenance procedures.
Decontaminating ethidium bromide on surfaces
Alconox powdered precision cleaner is excellent at emulsifying and decontaminating ethidium bromide on surfaces.
From the Kitchen: Cleaning Glassware
Liquinox is your secret weapon in getting glassware, especially fine wine glasses, incredibly clean and residue free.
When your bar program has developed into craft made cocktails and your wine list boasts some of the best pours in the world, do you want your glassware to have the residues and fragrances from regular ware washing detergents? Obviously not.
Cleaning Rubber Casting Molds
Read recommendations for cleaning rubber casting molds for optimal results. Applies when removing Nitrile rubber, EPDM and other kinds of rubbers.