Instruments used in general in medical laboratories
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Instruments used in general in laboratories (including Pathology/Microbiology/Biochemistry) are as follows: [1][2]
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[edit] Instrument list
| Instrument | Uses |
|---|---|
| Test tube | vide link |
| Folin-Wu tube for blood glucose determination | used in in Folin and Wu's method of non-enzymatic estimation of blood glucose. |
| Glass slide and cover slips | in microscopy, serology, etc. as a the solid backing on which test samples are taken. |
| Petri dish | used for preparation of culture media, and culture of organisms therein. |
| A glass beaker | reagent storage |
| A glass flask | gastric acid, or other fluid titration |
| Pasteur pipette | for aspiration and addition of reagents |
| Graduated pipettes | for aspiration and addition of reagents, often of minuscule amounts of the material. Used mainly in colorimetry. |
| Syringes and needles | vide link |
| Disposable gloves | prevention of transmission of diseases (as long a not cut or perforated) to or from the user. |
| Tourniquet | used to cause an artificial venous stasis by applying pressure through this rubber tube. It leads to engorgement of the veins allowing them to be seen better. Used for intravenous injections and cannulation. |
| Microscope | used for visualising minute structures including microbes. |
| Bunsen burner or spirit lamps or candles | source of fire / heat |
| Ultracentrifuge | used to separate particles dispersed in a liquid according to their molecular mass |
| Electrophoresis apparatus | used to detect and classify serum proteins or proteins from any other source. Also used for DNA separation. |
| Chromatography: | vide links for details |
| •Gas Chromatography or Gas Liquid Chromatography(GLC) | -do- |
| •Planar Chromatography | -do- |
| •Paper Chromatography | -do- |
| •Thin layer chromatography | -do- |
| •Affinity chromatography | -do- |
| •Ion exchange chromatography | -do- |
| •Size exclusion chromatography | -do- |
| •Countercurrent chromatography | -do- |
| •Countercurrent chromatography | -do- |
| Setup for Radioimmunoassay or RIA | previously it was widely used to detect various things in bold fluids like proteins (natural, infective, those produced by the body in reaction to disease, cancer related), tumor markers, hormones, viruses (hepatitis, HIV, etc), etc. |
| Setup for Enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) | presently it is widely used to detect various things in bold fluids like proteins (natural, infective, those produced by the body in reaction to disease, cancer related), tumor markers, hormones, viruses (hepatitis, HIV, etc), etc. It has replaced RIA |
| Colorimeter | used in photochemical analysis and quantitative estimation of substances ranging from blood sugar, to creatinine, hemoglobin, etc. |
| Burette | used to measure amount of the acid / alkali used in titration |
| General laboratory stands, racks, filter paper, reagents, etc. | |
| Induction coils | as a source of high voltage electricity |
| Cathode ray oscilloscope | vide link |
| Recording Kymograph | historically, used in or human animal experiments to measure and record data. |
| Long extension kymograph | historically, used in or human animal experiments to measure and record data. |
[edit] Image gallery
 Test tubes in racks |
 Beaker |
 Burette |
 A Cuvette of a colorimeter |
 Petri dish |
 Micropipettes|A set of micropipettes |
 Dispensible pipettes |
 Glass Pasteur pipettes with teats |
 Flasks |
 Colorimeter |
 Microtiter plates |
 Old light microscope |
 Gel electrophoresis apparatus |
 Vertical centrifuge |
 High-speed centrifuge |
 Ultracentrifuge |
 Gaschromatograph |
[edit] References
- ^ Practical Pathology by Dr. P. Chakraborty n Dr. G. Chakraborty, ISBN 81-7381-332-9
- ^ Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology ISBN 0721601944
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