Lab resources page
All,
It's a good idea to bookmark this page for future reference. If you have any questions about the content or would like to suggest additional links or info, please let me know.
Thank you!
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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:44:39 -0500
Lab Hot water outage
The recirculation pumps for the laboratory hot water are currently both down. This only affects the water at the sinks in the research and teaching labs. Neither glassware washers nor autoclaves are affected by this outage. Hot water is still available in the mens and womens rooms.
This outage may last several days or longer as we do not know the availability of the recirculation pumps. I'll let you know the estimated outage length as we learn more.
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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:00:47 -0500
Autoclaves back in service
All,
I am happy to report the campus boiler situation is back to normal. Through the day yesterday, as we corrected one issue, another presented itself. We had three different contractors on site yesterday into the late hours. Temperatures may be on the low side this morning, but shouldn't be uncomfortable. This resolves the current concern.
Hopefully we can make it through the rest of this heating season without this kind of concern. FM has several projects planned this year to help reduce the chances of this situation in the future. Thank you for your patience and support.
Autoclaves are back in service and temperatures in the building are slowly returning to normal. Thank you all for your patience.
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All, I am happy to report the campus boiler situation is back to normal. Through the day yesterday, as we corrected one issue, another presented itself. We had three different contractors on...
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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:54:54 -0500
Campus autoclaves
The boilers for the campus are still limping along, we currently do not have enough steam pressure in the building to run the built in autoclaves. The autoclave on the 3rd floor on the right hand side is a stand alone and should be operational.
Thank you all for your patience.
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The boilers for the campus are still limping along, we currently do not have enough steam pressure in the building to run the built in autoclaves. The autoclave on the 3rd floor on the right hand...
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Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:54:49 -0500
Third floor shaking incubators
All,
The third floor shaking incubators are all good to go.
Thank you for your patience.
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All, The third floor shaking incubators are all good to go. Thank you for your patience.
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Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:45:32 -0500
3rd Floor shaking incubators
All,
Eppendorf will be out this coming Monday 3/17 to inspect and certify that the newly stacked S44R shaking incubator is calibrated and safely attached for use.
Please refrain from using either of these two units on Monday morning. If you need to use a shaking incubator, we do have capacity on the 4th floor in room 424-3.
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Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:32 -0500
4th floor autoclave repaired
All,
The Steris tech replaced a solenoid today and repaired the autoclave.
Please feel free to use it. Please let me know if you have any issues with the machine.
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All, The Steris tech replaced a solenoid today and repaired the autoclave. Please feel free to use it. Please let me know if you have any issues with the machine.
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Fourth floor autoclave
Hi all,
It appears we have a faulty solenoid on the 4th floor autoclave, as we are getting steam into the jacket, but not the chamber for sterilization. We do have an additional three units in the research wing, two on the third floor and one on the second floor.
The Steris technician has been called, but most likely won't be in until tomorrow as the best case scenario.
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Hi all, It appears we have a faulty solenoid on the 4th floor autoclave, as we are getting steam into the jacket, but not the chamber for sterilization. We do have an additional three units in...
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RO loop sanitization 10/28 and 10/29
Hi all,
The RO water loop will be sanitized next Monday the 28th of October. This is a two day process and RO will be unavailable on both the 28th and 29th, as the system needs to be flushed repeatedly before usage.
The techs will be going lab to lab after the sanitization to assure chlorine levels are reduced to undetectable to finish the job. During the sanitization, water to both millipore systems on the 4th floor and the picopure system needs to be turned off to avoid burning out the cartridges. Also any fish tanks which may still be connected to the loop must be turned off.
Thank you all for your attention.
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Hi all, The RO water loop will be sanitized next Monday the 28th of October. This is a two day process and RO will be unavailable on both the 28th and 29th, as the system needs to be flushed...
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Steam outage 5/10 - 5/31
All,
This is a reminder that the University will not have high temperature hot water to produce steam beginning this Friday May, 10th until May 31st. Steris will be out on Thursday to inspect and do PM's on the autoclaves, particularly the new electric unit on the third floor. This unit will keep our research progressing until the end of the outage. It is probably still a good idea to get as much done this week prior to the outage, as a single autoclave can still be a bottleneck for all the people in the building.
Please get the word out about the outage and please remember to bring a sweater or jacket as the building temperature will probably be in the mid sixties.