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I was always taught that they should be stored , incubated upside down - so the set agar is on the top there fore any condensation is on the bottom - but then when you go to look at the growths they will turn them up and the water will go to the plate. I was told that an over amount of condensation ...

I did to Mel

my hubby tried it years back and it did not seem to help

hmm

yep come on tell us all - loved to hear about it

ohh and welcome back

i believe QLD have gone back to doing cheek cells with a strict guideline on how it is done. Souj has iit right - WA we still are not allowed to do any human tissue including skin. i do know people that do the chicken wing scrapping but i have not tried it myself...... let us know how you go. So lon...

thanks Jen1 :) lurra - it is my email i need to change - thanks though - i did find how to change my name but i need to change the email otherwise i wont get emails or if i forget my password :? :whistling2: which sadly does happen i wont be able to get the change of password/reset as the email acco...

i have had a change of name due to marriage last year and therefore my email has changed but i am unable to find where i can change this - or does it need to be done by a moderator??
currently i am able to use old name email but only for a few short weeks so need to make change soonish please

nice work indeed

and thanks for sharing

that would be wonderful Robb

There aer some great posters amongst them - many thanks for sharing that supplier

If i am in the state i will make an effort to get there

have fun to those of you who can make it

and merry christmas and enjoy your breaks

If i am unable to get the msds from the company that produce the chemical (as previously posted here the online chemical msds sites) i use chemsupply as the general genertic msds and write on the top of the msds why this is being used and not the one by the company that made the chemical. i do sugge...

add it to your duties - underhanded yes but typical if you ask me

in your own time _ NO WAY

we dont get paid enough to do work in your own time.

what are the trolleys for - silly question i guess but.......

never thought of Tofu - thanks for sharing - will try it out next year casue i too hate that prac

I will send out prayers for you and your son for the 29th of oct if you do the same for me for the 6th of nov - that is wheni get married. We are having huge seabreezes - ok more like gale force winds - dont want that for we also are having a garden wedding and dont wnat everything blow to the floor...

We give the students gloves and masks to use - they should already be wearing saftey glasses. Also they use it is a well ventialated area if not outside (doors , windows open)
There are warnings on most bags of potting mix these days about such hazards - we choose to still use the product.

hehe i know this wont go down well but imagine how our country labbies go here in WA getting to PD

OK if it is 0.1M potassium permanganate 15.8g in 1L of water then acidified with a few drops of Conc Sulphuric acid.
you dont want to make it up in 4M acid

Hello labbies in labbie land have a request for chemical bingo - now i vaguely remeber a discussion some where on this one time ago ( no i can not fnd anything in the archives) has any one heard of this game / got a copy of it they may be willing to share??? cheers and thanks in advance for any help...

If you get audited i belive that the worksafe folk go by the company/manufacturer MSDS Due to these discrepencies WA has a totally differnt sytem - run by chemalert - it has a few teething problems but it supplies the manufacturing MSDS so there can be no misinterpretation/mistakes from one company ...