Maintenance

• Check the filter’s state on your equipment, if it is obstructed or soiled, it should be cleaned.

⏰ Filters should be cleaned once per year.

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ℹ️ The SV services include a glassware facility with dedicated autoclaves for sterilization. These autoclaves are frequently and carefully maintained and available for you to use. Today, they are not used at their full capacity, please avoid purchasing your own autoclaves and enjoy the glassware facility.

Find out more about the Sterilization procedure.

• Replace the water and clean the basin.

⏰ In line with your use, it could be once a week or once a month.

Disfunctions? Contact SV Workshop: ServiceNow form

ℹ️ Your water bath needs replacement?

Have you considered using a bath instead of a water bath? Bead baths commonly offer more effective and reduced energy consumption. Also, there is nothing to evaporate, the beads are made from a solid recyclable metal which can be upcycled into other products. (waterbaths.net)

Preventive maintenance 

• The lid should hold on its own. Let the SV Workshop know if it’s not the case.

Cleaning

• Clean the water at the bottom of the rotor chamber.
• Apply grease/lubricant on the buckets.
• Apply anti-corrosion coating oil on the centrifuge chamber.
• Ensure that the rotor is in place.

⏰  Twice per year – and depending on usage frequency

 Questions? Contact the SV Workshop: ServiceNow form

• In the humidification tank, use deionized detergent-free water for your CO₂ incubators, instead of bi-distilled water.

• Clean and disinfect with 70% Alcohol, and use sterilization as a last resort.
• Thermo Heracell models: AutoStart – for recalibration – every 3 months. The instructions should be available on the machine or in the dedicated manual.

Questions? Contact the SV Workshop: ServiceNow form

• ULT freezers and other refrigeration equipment should be cleaned annually by an appointed team within the lab. The SV Workshop can provide replacement freezers during defrosting.¹

⏰  Once a year 

Questions? Contact the SV Workshop: ServiceNow form

Freezer Challenge 

Thousands of scientists around the world compete in the International Laboratory Freezer Challenge each year to learn how to be more energy efficient with their lab’s cold storage, improve sample accessibility, reduce risk, and save costs for their institutions. Any type of laboratory is eligible to participate. It occurs over a six-month period during which individual labs work at their own pace to implement optimal cold storage management practices. Score sheets are submitted to My Green Lab at the end of the competition. Individual laboratories and organizations are scored against their peers, and the winning labs and research institutions receive awards.

✉️ Reach out to the SV Sustainability office if you’d like to participate!

• Clean under the grid (work surface) to prevent build up and degradation of the hood.

⏰  Once a year 

Questions? Contact the SV Workshop:  ServiceNow form

Are you using the appropriate charger? Beware of using the appropriate charger for your pipette: check the voltage! The use of an incompatible power supply may damage your pipette. Also, it is often advised to charge the pipette during at least one hour.