Mastering Tissue Preparation: An In-Depth Look at Tissue Flotation by Kalstein
Tissue Flotation, Kalstein Brand At the heart of any pathology lab is the need for precision, and the tissue flotation bath offered by Kalstein stands out for its excellence in this critical area. With a robust design and state-of-the-art technology, Kalstein tissue flotation devices make the process of tissue preparation seamless, ensuring superior results each […]
Care and maintenance of an ultrasound scanner?
Ultrasound scanners must be maintained to be handled correctly, so care must be reasonable by inspection, sterilization or disinfection, as necessary. Failure to comply with the care and maintenance of the equipment can cause difficulties in the analysis of the same, showing undesired and erroneous results, causing irreparable damage of the equipment.
What do we see in an ultrasound?
Generally, all studies of the soft parts of the human body are known as echo, but for practical purposes, it is interpreted as ultrasound, which is in charge of examining and appreciating subcutaneous cell tissue (fat), muscles and supporting tissues in extremities, abdominal wall and neck.
Horizontal and vertical laminar flow hoods: what kind of lab are they needed in?
The laminar flow hoods are equipment created to maintain absolute control of the environment within the laboratory, when subjected to specific treatments of the air, allowing to create areas with strict control of suspended particles, and in this way, avoid any contamination both internal and external.
Biological safety hoods: what types of laboratories are used in?
Biological safety hoods are equipment that provide protection for the operator against infectious agents. Their designs are vertical and horizontal, used in microbiology laboratories, which prevents the exit of bioaerosols from the work area.
Laboratory refrigerators: What is the optimal blood storage temperature? and why?
A laboratory refrigerator is a device that allows the effective preservation of all types of substances refrigerated in it, whether liquid, solid or homogeneous. This equipment works by lowering the temperature, so it allows to control the effect that it has on the substances whose composition and structure is to be preserved, this is because the lower the temperature will be the rate at which chemical and metabolic reactions occur, which deteriorate the compounds. That is why they are used in the conservation of blood and derivatives, biological liquids and tissues, reagents, chemicals, and bacterial strains.
What are the measures of an operating table?
For a successful surgical intervention, it is developed in the best way with respect to the correct realization of different positions on the operating table. Each of them needs requirements, both material and human. It is important to provide adequate accommodation for the patient and above all, in order to prevent possible complications of a bad technique in this regard would lead. The surgical team must ensure this objective.
Why is a water bath essential in a laboratory?
This equipment has varied and indispensable applications in the laboratories, thanks to its hot water container, where samples are incubated in water at a continuous temperature over a long period of time, among other useful applications is heating reagents, fusion of substrates or incubation of cell cultures; because of its high temperatures it allows certain chemical reactions to occur, and heat flammable chemicals instead of an open flame to prevent ignition.
Differences between a manual surgical table and an automatic surgical table?
In any medical procedure, patient safety is paramount, and health care failures affect 1 in 10 patients, which is why it is important to manage and fully understand the use of surgical tables, created to be applied in hospitals and access the passage of equipment without interfering with the functions of the doctors who handle it, within the operating field. It is a movement instrument, which functions as a fundamental tool for the surgeon. Its design allows you to perform the medical functions related to mediation without the size or weight affecting the procedure.
Spectrophotometers: care and maintenance
A spectrophotometer is an instrument used in laboratories to measure the absorbance of a sample, as a function of the wavelength of an electromagnetic radiation, and thus to know the concentration of the substances in a solution. This team consists of 4 main parts: a source, a monochromator, a beam splitter, a sample area, and a detector. It also has optical elements such as lenses or mirrors, which transmit light throughout the entire equipment.