COVID-19 & The Filtered Pipette Tip

You already know a lot about the negative traits of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: It is evasive, it is infectious, and it can be arbitrarily ruthless. We would like to add another trait to this unsavory enemy: It is greedy. Did you know reports show that every COVID-19 test requires the use of four pipette tips? The resulting increased demand for filter pipette tips has completely upended the global supply chain during the pandemic, and order times have increased drastically. Pipette tips have been on the Food and Drug Administration’s Medical Device Shortage List for seven months now—listed even before additional events like blackouts and fires disrupted plastics manufacturing.

Fortunately, we are prepared to address the challenges you face resulting from the pipette tip shortage with our viable and effective alternative. Did you know you can use sterile filter pipette tips in place of nonfilter tips? Read on to learn more about filling your nonfilter tip needs with sterile filter tips.

The Benefits of Sterile Filter Pipette Tips

Our line of sterile filter pipette tips boasts several benefits when compared to non-filter pipette tips. They feature a universal fit design that is compatible with most pipettors. Designed for accuracy, they can be used regardless of whether you are in a research or clinical lab setting.

In the COVID-19 era, they are especially useful because they are designed with aerosol protection, keeping pipettes safe from cross-contamination. Best of all, our sterile pipette tips are plentiful, so we can help you fill the gaps in your lab inventory caused by the overwhelming pipette tip shortage.

The Best Alternative to Non-Filter Pipette Tips

At this point in time, filter pipette tips are the only pipette tips being manufactured. Labs across the world in dire need of non-filter pipette tips may feel that they have only three choices in the face of this shortage; allow them to run out, ration them, or MacGyver new ways to reuse the tips. Some desperate researchers and clinicians have reportedly even turned to wash out pipette tips to reuse them!

We can offer a better solution than suffering without pipette tips or performing risky maneuvers to recycle old ones. You can use our sterile filter pipette tips in place of non-filter tips. If you are currently using non-filter tips in your processes, there is no reason NOT to switch to filter tips when available. Yes, you can expect to pay a little more, but it is a small price to pay vs. the alternatives.

The Globe Scientific Sterile filter pipette tips are manufactured from clear high-quality polypropylene (PP). Special processing renders these tips hydrophobic for exceptionally low sample retention. The tips are certified DNase-free, RNase-free, and non-pyrogenic and are manufactured in a Class 100,000 cleanroom environment. A universal fit design provides an airtight fit on most brands of pipettors.

Features:

Manufactured from clear polypropylene (PP)
Polypropylene (PP) filters protect samples and pipettors from contamination
DNase-free, RNase-free and non-pyrogenic
Manufactured in a Class 100,000 cleanroom environment under ISO13485:2016 and ISO9001:2015 quality management systems
Sterilized by gamma irradiation SAL10-6 (ISO11137)
Racks are printed with lot numbers for quality traceability

Item Number	Description	Unit
150900	Filter Pipette Tip, 0.1-10μL, Certified, Universal, Low Retention, 32mm, Natural, STERILE	1920
150903	Filter Pipette Tip, 0.1-10μL Long, Certified, Universal, Low Retention, 45mm, Extended Length, STERILE	1920
150910	Filter Pipette Tip, 1-20μL, Certified, Universal, Low Retention, 50mm, Natural, STERILE	1920
150915	Filter Pipette Tip, 1-100μL, Certified, Universal, Low Retention, 50mm, Natural, STERILE	1920
150920	Filter Pipette Tip, 1-200μL, Certified, Universal, Low Retention, 59mm, Natural, STERILE	1920
150925	Filter Pipette Tip, 1-300μL, Certified, Universal, Low Retention, 59mm, Natural, STERILE	1920
150935	Filter Pipette Tip, 1-1000μL, Certified, Universal, Low Retention, 86mm, Natural, STERILE	1920
150938	Filter Pipette Tip, 1-1000μL Long, Certified, Universal, Low Retention, 105mm, Extended Length, Natural, STERILE	1920