Supplies

Plastic properties and chemical resistance can have a great impact on safety in the laboratory. When appropriate, using plastic containers to mix, store, or transport samples and testing materials, including chemicals, offers an economical advantage over sometimes...

United Scientific has created a special guide for understanding the different properties of glassware and plasticware...

Proper posture is the most important element in establishing good ergonomic work practices...

Quality reproducible results are only as good as the quality of materials used, the durable laboratory equipment used, and the facilitating scientist. Whether your lab’s processes are qualitative or quantitative, precision and care must be taken at all stages o...

Two of the biggest challenges for a diagnostic laboratory using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology are cross-contamination of PCR amplicon between samples, leading to false-positive results, and positive PCR results arising from the detection of DNA...

Did you know reports show that every COVID-19 test requires the use of four pipette tips...

There are many ways to remove contaminants, such as RNase and DNase, in your plastic containers. But first, what contaminates do you need to remove and what are they...

Working safely with plasticware in the laboratory requires understanding the different properties of common laboratory plastics...

Laboratory glassware is produced from hundreds of commercial glasses, but low-expansion borosilicate glasses are ideal for most laboratory applications. Borosilicate lab glassware is used to make lab items like beakers, flasks, kettles, test tubes, and ground...

Working in a laboratory implies working with glassware. Use the following list of terms to help you understand the nature and characteristics of the glass pieces that are a part of your laboratory’s inventory and how those characteristics affect the processing a...