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Glassware is a smaller item common to many laboratories that must be evaluated as part of an effective safety plan.

In an ideal world, every scientist’s workspace would be completely sterile. Though it’s not possible to achieve that, aseptic pipetting techniques and general aseptic techniques are used to get as close as possible to a highly sterile working environment.

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...

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?

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

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?