Cleaning Sludge from Lab Glassware
Q. I hope that you can help recommend a product that might help a customer of ours that’s having great difficulty getting cleaning lab glassware. It has remnants of sludge from a water treatment facility laboratory. They are manual cleaning, and willing to soak the glassware, but they are not sure Tergazyme will be strong enough. Have you run into this before? Do you know if Tergazyme will work?
Cleaning Blood on Quartz Cuvettes
Q. How can I clean blood off of quartz cuvettes for laboratory cleaning?
A. I recommend using a lukewarm (100 F or 40 deg C, definitely not exceeding 130 F or 55 deg C) 1% Tergazyme solution (10 g/L or 1.25 oz/gal) to soak your quartz cuvettes.
A: I recommend using a lukewarm (100F or 40C, definitely not exceeding 130F or 55C) 1% Tergazyme® Enzyme-Active Powdered detergent solution (10 g/L or 1.25 oz/gal) to soak your quartz cuvettes.
Removal of Blood and Body Fluid
Q. Which Alconox cleaner would be recommended for soak cleaning stainless steel instruments soiled by blood and body fluids? Click to read the answer.
Cleaning Ceramic Aluminum Oxide and Polysulfone
Q. Is Detojet, Low-Foaming Liquid Detergent, compatible with ceramic aluminum oxide and polysulfone? A. Detojet solutions are compatible with aluminum oxide ceramics. There is need to be concerned about polysulfone.
Cleaners to Prepare for Sterilization
Q. What products prepare instruments for sterilization?
A. Use a proper cleaner prior to sterilization. Alconox and Liquinox instrument cleaners are effective and economical manual, ultrasonic or soak cleaners.