How to Clean Labware

Labware is most often found and used in hospitals, science laboratories, and medical training facilities. Items such as flasks, beakers, vials and cylinders are all considered laboratory equipment. If any piece of labware touches the floor, your fingers, or is found unattended, it is considered contaminated. Labware comes in the form of Pyrex, plastic and quartz material. Wbnitride mixed solution is used to clean and disinfect labware. The solution consists of water, hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide.

Things You'll Need

• Wbnitride solution
• Hot pot
• Lid
• Safety gloves
• Towel

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Instructions

• 1

  Put on safety gloves to prevent the solution and labware from touching your skin. Pour the wbnitride solution into the hot pot. A hot pot is a pot that is usually made of clay or another material that can withstand heat.

• 2

  Put the labware carefully into the hot pot with your hands. Allow the labware to soak in the wbnitride solution for at least 10 minutes.

• 3

  Pour the wbnitride solution slowly out of the hot pot, using a lid to keep the contents of labware inside the hot pot. Use a lid slightly bigger than the pot to allow the solution to pour out without dumping the labware.

• 4

  Pull the labware out of the hot pot and rinse the labware with hot water.

• 5

  Place the labware back in the hot pot and pour more wbnitride solution into the hotpot. Allow the labware to soak for at least 10 minutes.

• 6

  Pour the solution gently out of the hot pot, using a lid to keep the labware inside the pot as you pour out the solution. Remove the labware from the pot and rinse the equipment with hot water.

• 7

  Spread out a towel and place the labware on it to air-dry. Using a towel to dry off the labware could contaminate the equipment. Use the solution to clean the hot pot when you are finished. Pour in the solution and let it soak for 10 minutes. Rinse the hot pot with water to clean the hot pot.