The
cleaning of glassware is an important preliminary step prior to sterilisation in
the microbiology laboratory. If insufficient cleaning takes place, residues of
culture media and chemicals can remain and these could potentially have an
impact upon microbial growth during various microbiological qualitative and
quantitative tests. This paper outlines a study where four different manual
cleaning regimes were used to evaluate glassware cleaning. It was found that a
5% solution of neutral detergent, followed by two rinses was the most efficient
method. The experiment is put forward as a case study for other laboratories to
replicate as necessary.
In
relation to this subject, Tim Sandle and Ravikrishna Satyada have undertaken a
research study.
The
reference is:
Sandle,
T. and Satyada, R. (2016) Determination of the cleaning efficiency for glassware
in the pharmaceutical microbiology laboratory, European Journal of Parenteral and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 21 (1):
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