Great For Quickly Sterilizing Instruments

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
M&I
Lab Director / Manager

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Company:

CellPoint Scientific

Product Name:

Germinator 500

Catalog Number:

GER 5287-120V

Our lab focuses on isolating and analyzing lymphocytes from both mouse and human tissue. We do a lot of sterile tissue dissection so we need something to keep our scissors and surgical instruments clean before and after. This germinator sterilizing in just seconds so our instruments are clean and last longer.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Sterilizing dissection tools

Starting Material

Dissection tools

Protocol Overview

First clean instruments with 70% ethanol. Then turn on germinator and stick in scissors or other small metal instrument. Leave in for about 15 seconds and they will be clean.

Tips

Outside of gets very hot, do not touch.

Results Summary

The scissors and forceps we put into this are clean and sterile in just seconds and ready for use.

Features Summary

Fast sterilizing beads

DOI or PMID #

N/A

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Summary

The Good

Works very quickly.

The Bad

Gets VERY hot on the outside.

The Bottom Line

If you do any surgery or work with tissues, this is a great thing to have to sterilize all your instruments.

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