[HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Monday, April 02, 2012 11:34:35 PM
Well, we use 10% bleach in the PCR lab to decontaminate our pipettes and equipment. It destroys the DNA of organisms, so they will no longer be viable. We actually store 50% bleach in a plastic storage bin to clean all our racks with and our last one survived for 4 years without needing to be replaced due to the bleach eating through it and causing cracks. Many of our racks are plastic and it doesn't really do anything to them, it's the metal ones that the bleach eats.
I picked up (stole, confiscated to protect the innocent as it was abandoned in the Chicago airport) a nice Camelbak water bottle. How should I sterilize it? Bleach, I am sure, but anyone have a ratio suggestion? Remember, it is plastic. Don't want to burn the hell out of it, just clean it.
