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Working in a lab, you may have had the responsibility at one point or another of procuring various bottles, containers, and other storage mediums for your team. While searching through endless variations of plastic lab supplies, you may see a myriad of acronyms, like HDPE and PET. With these options, it may be confusing trying to find the right container that will work for your lab’s applications. Trying to pronounce some of these plastics’ names is tough enough, let alone trying to understand t

Just like any other well-oiled machine, analytical balances require maintenance to ensure they are operating at peak performance and accuracy. Laboratories rely on equipment to produce repeatable, accurate and reliable results. As is the case with other lab equipment, analytical balances need to be kept clean and calibrated regularly at the very least. Preventative maintenance is highly recommended by expert service technicians but some measures can be taken on your own. We've seen balances that

Chemistry labs are a haven for all sorts of mishaps, but there are a few that happen more often than others. And according to a recent survey, 40 percent of researchers claimed to not have received any lab safety training whatsoever! So to spread awareness on this issue, we’re here to discuss the five most common lab accidents, how they occur, and what you can do as a lab manager to keep them from happening.Prevent These 5 Common Lab AccidentsHeat BurnsScientists often work around open flame, an

When choosing new safety gloves, the first thing that comes to mind is how they fit. Although we think about this most often in terms of if they’re a good fit on our hands, you also need to know whether they will work for the situation in which you will be using them. Although all safety gloves are designed to protect the wearer’s hands from injury, not all of them can protect them from all types of hazards. In fact, even though wearing safety gloves could have prevented the majority of hand inj

Managing inventory in the lab can be a big task. Although it can be easily forgotten about, it remains one of the single most effective ways to reduce costs and improve productivity. To help, we’ve put together this handy guide to lab inventory management .No matter the size of your lab, controlling inventory is one of the most important things you can do to make everything run smoothly. Monitoring consumable supplies, reagents, lab equipment and instruments can be a big task. But doing so effic