Clinical laboratories are an important part of the healthcare industry. Clinical laboratories also have many sections such as microbiology, pathology, hematology, etc. In fact, microbiology laboratories are very important in some industries for testing the soundness of products, especially in consumables and pharmaceuticals. These small and medium-sized companies often outsource the testing work to local laboratories, because the laboratory equipment is a huge cost for the company's quality management department. Careful selection of each device becomes important due to cost factors.
Equipment commonly used in clinical laboratories
Laminar Airflow Bench
microscope
Hot Air Oven
In addition to patient care, the microbiology industry is responsible for conducting research to advance medicine and understand the safety landscape. Further development of excellent technologies for disease surveillance.
Microscope - This is a common and widely used piece of equipment in every laboratory, be it R&D, education, healthcare or industrial labs. Our reliance on microscopes has increased so much that we certainly cannot assume research without this device. In order to study bacterial behavior and cellular behavior, they need to be enlarged, which can only be done with microscopes until today. In a microscope, specimens are magnified to various sizes and viewed with the aid of incident light within the device.
Hot Air Oven – Also known as a Dry Sterilizer, this machine is widely used to dry and sterilize laboratory accessories such as petri dishes, funnels, test tubes, pipettes, etc. After wet cleaning the accessories, to avoid any chance of contamination, they are dry sterilized in a hot Air Oven. This machine has a chamber to place items. The fan maintains an even temperature at all times. Due to the high temperature, the air inside creates a circular motion. After heating, the air becomes lighter and flows towards the ceiling of the chamber, where it collides and returns to the chamber, thereby creating air circulation inside.
Laminar Airflow Bench – This machine is used to create a contamination-free environment for the specimen to be observed. In the laboratory, the importance of creating a pollution-free environment cannot be overemphasized since samples are very sensitive to dust, moisture, temperature and other factors. This laminar airflow bench helps create a protective cabinet that holds samples to be tested. Air is drawn through this filter and circulated in a laminar flow. The device is crafted with a stainless steel body and has no joints. Since joints have a tendency to support bacterial collection and growth. The device comes in a variety of varieties, offering different types of airflow and configurations, such as vertical and horizontal.
How to purge a laminar airflow bench?
The purpose of this bench is to provide a contamination-free environment for testing samples. Therefore, it is equally important to keep the internal environment clean. Germicidal lamps can be used for this. The lamp is kept indoors and has no contact with the surrounding environment, it actually sterilizes the interior. Precautions need to be taken when using germicidal UV lamps, as UV exposure may cause diseases such as cancer and affect vision.
