Laboratory Equipment

Arlo Guthrie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:50:26 GMT

Current Revision posted to Revision Guide For Student Nurses - Part 2 by Arlo Guthrie on 4/20/2009 8:50:26 AM

QUESTIONS

What are the advantages and disadvantages of glassware and plasticware in the laboratory?
What is the difference between a graduated pipette and a one-mark volumetric pipette?
Describe the following pipettes: micro, automatic, Pasteur and Thoma.
What is a pipette filler? Give an example.
What is meant by a reagent?
Describe the following types of bottle used in laboratories: reagent, dropping, bijoux, McCartney, Winchester and universal.
Describe how you would clean laboratory glassware.
Upon what piece of laboratory equipment would you find a Vernier scale?
What is the Vernier scale?
What is the function of the substage condenser on a microscope?
What is the function of the iris diaphragm on a microscope?
Which magnification is used for viewing under oil immersion?
How may the bulb life of the microscope be maximised?
What is meant by "racking up"?
What is a colorimeter?
When might a Bunsen burner be used in the laboratory?
What is a centrifuge?
What is a microhaematocrit centrifuge?
What precautions must be taken when using the centrifuge?
Describe the cleaning and maintenance of the centrifuge.
What is a laboratory incubator used for?
Describe the cleaning and maintenance of the incubator.