Basic equipment and their function used in medical laboratory

Basic equipment used in the medical laboratory....it will helpful for students who are working in the medical lab. dealing with human blood and other samples related to human body fluids......
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2. Basic Equipment Used in
Medical Laboratory
by
Haider Zaman
Medical Lab Technologist

3. Medical Laboratory
Aclinicallaboratoryormedicallaboratoryisa
laboratoryinwhichtestsaredoneonclinical
specimenstogetinformationaboutthehealthof
apatientsonthebasisofdiagnosis.

4. Equipments
Different types of Tools are used in the lab for
diagnosing of diseases.

5. Pippets: used for delivering and transferring of small amount
of sample.

6. Glass wares

7. Function of Glasware
Glass slide & Cover slip:
Used to place specimens on to observe and cover
specimens on a microscope slide.

8. Cont.…
Culture Plate: Often used for microbiology studies.
Graduated Cylinder:Used to measure liquid
volume.
Beaker: Used to stir, heat and measure liquid
volume in ml.
Flask: Glassware used to heat and store substances

10. Cont.…
Filter paper: special paper used to separate solids
from liquids.

11. Microscope
Microscope used for investigating smallest
objects and structures.

12. Autoclaves
It can sterilize solids, liquids and instruments of various
shapes and sizes.

13. Chemistry Analyzers
Clinicalchemistryanalyzersrunassaysonclinicalsamples
suchasbloodserum,plasma,urine,andcerebrospinalfluidto
detectthepresenceofanalytesrelatingtodisease.Analytes
commonlyincludeenzymes,substrates,electrolytes,specific
proteins,drugsofabuse,andtherapeuticdrugs.

14. Centrifuge
Amachinewitharapidlyrotatingcontainerthatapplies
centrifugalforcetoitscontents,typicallytoseparate
fluidsofdifferentdensitiesi.eliquidsfromsolids.
Andseparationserum/plasma
fromwholeblood.

15. Hematology Analyzers
Hematologyanalyzersareusedtoruntestsonblood
samples.Theyareusedinthemedicalfieldtodowhite
bloodcellcounts,completebloodcountsetc.

16. Incubators
Incubatorisadeviceusedtogrowandmaintain
microbiologicalculturesorcellcultures.Theincubator
maintainsoptimaltemperature,humidityandother
conditionssuchastheCO(CO
2)andoxygencontentof
theatmosphereinside.

17. Water Bath
Awaterbathislaboratoryequipmentmadefrom
acontainerfilledwithheatedwater.Itisusedto
incubatesamplesinwaterataconstant
temperatureoveralongperiodoftime.

18. Coagulation Analyzers
Acoagulationanalyzercanbeusedtomeasure
acoagulationpathwayspeed.Acoagulation
analyzerisspecificallydesignedtohandlea
largenumberofpatients,permittingthestorage
upto600patienttestsperwell.

19. Ovens
Theseovensgenerallyprovideuniform
temperatures.Processapplicationsforlaboratory
ovenscanbefordrying,sterilizationetc.

20. blood mixture
The blood mixture is used for mixingofblood.

21. Refrigerators
Used for freezing and maintain the quality of
blood components in the lab also used for
freezing purposes.

22. Electrolyte Analyzer
Usedformeasuringofelectrolytelevelsinthe
humanbodytodetectmetabolicimbalancesand
measurerenalandcardiacfunction.
Theelectrolytesmeasuredincludesodium(Na+),
potassium(K+),chloride(Cl-)

23. spectrophotometers
Aspectrophotometerisaninstrumentthat
measurestheamountofphotons(theintensityof
light)absorbedafteritpassesthroughsample
solution.

24. biosafety cabinet(BSC)
Biologicalsafetycabinets(BSCs)areamongthemost
effectiveprimarycontainmentdevicesusedin
laboratoriesworkingwithinfectiousagents.Theyactas
primarybarrierstopreventtheescapeofbiological
aerosolsintothelaboratoryenvironment.